Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

20 reviews

plainromance's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Torture, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault and Vomit

book_rat's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

5.0

A lighthearted slow burn romance with a fun premise. Gently touches on some heavier emotional topics like continuing life after family tragedy, absent parents, and feeling deserving of love in ways that add emotional depth to characters without compromising an overall lighthearted atmosphere to the story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, and Abandonment

Minor: Gore, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

This book is free of characters actually wanting to kill themselves but it's not free of 'I'm gonna kms at a minor inconvenience' jokes.

142whoopingllamas's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I enjoyed this very much! I just wish it didn’t end on a cliffhanger.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

While the content can be dark, it is narrated from the POV of the personal assistant who is ever optimistic and the embodiment of sunshine and rainbows— so it’s all filtered through her eyes.

daenesea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

katipheria's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

(Reviewed 5.0 1st read October 2023)

This is such a cute book. The world building feels like a combination of fantasy and modern (there's

an accounting office within the "bad guy's" massive, castle-esque manor that's hidden by magic

) in a way that actually blends well, if a bit goofy. It doesn't take itself too seriously in that regard, but it also doesn't come across as sloppy or poorly designed.

While the overall story is quite light-hearted and even silly, there are a few heavier plot points

such as the death of a child and an attempted rape

but they are written rather tastefully and aren't dragged out or made unnecessarily explicit.

The book does set itself up to be a series at the end by leaving a bit of a cliffhanger and plenty of loose ends. From my understanding, there will be two more books and I will definitely be picking them up when they're released.

(Reviewed 4.25 2nd read October 2024)

I reread this book for a refresh to prepare for the recently released Apprentice to the Villain, and while I do still find the overall story quite charming, this time around I found myself a bit agitated with MC Evie's childishness.

I know it's for the plot, but sometimes the way Evie speaks to the Villain (the love interest/her BOSS!) leaves me dumbfounded. Don't use blatant innuendos with your boss, Evie!

However, I still found the rest of the cast absolutely endearing and enjoyed the book the 2nd time around regardless. Perhaps I'm simply feeling much more critical this time, but overall I would still recommend this to someone looking for something unserious and fun.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death and Cursing

niamhstorme's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Terminal illness, Torture, and Alcohol

savvyrosereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Rating: 5/5 stars

Evie Sage is struggling to provide for her ailing father and little sister when a chance encounter in the woods leads to new employment—as personal assistant to The Villain.

I’m not even sure I have good enough words to write a review for this one because truly I loved it so much. It started a tiny bit slow for me because it is unapologetically silly, but then it got deep and touching and badass and swoony and I was 10000% on board.

For whatever reason, I didn’t really expect much romance from this but let me tell you…this book provided a new beloved book boyfriend AND a stellar new couple to ship and ugh it just…it made me so giggly and happy to read?! Again, I don’t have good words but it gave me so many feels and made me so happy and I loved it so much.

Basically…go read this book???? The pretty sprayed edges are also a welcome bonus.

Recommended to anyone, but especially if you like: morally grey men; mysteries but make it a romantasy; unexpected depth

CW: Lots of violence/death/gore/injury; mentions of attempted sexual assault

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

saltycoffee's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

infjkiki's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse and Sexual assault

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

purplepenning's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content and Alcohol