SK's Reviews > Assistant to the Villain

UPDATE- IT'S GOING TO BE A TV SERIES Y'ALL. AHHH I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE VILLAIN COME ALIVE ON SCREEN 🤭🤭
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A binge-worthy entertaining read 🤩

✔️ Cozy fantasy vibes
✔️ Workplace romance
✔️ Dual pov
✔️ Slow burn
✔️ Grumpy x sunshine
✔️ Magic + mystery

To support her ailing family, Evie Sage is desperately looking for employment and when chaos happens she is offered an assistant job to the town's most infamous man- The Villain. As she is getting used to the job, she develops a crush on him. Turns out it's not all that easy when someone's trying to sabotage your boss.

The world building could have been better. It's quite forgettable. Am not sure where things were or what kind of town it was or the kingdoms involved? It lacked clarity and I hope the next book does it better.

The characters- Evie and the Villain. Evie is so selfless and fun, her sunshine personality is not over the top and is just perfectly balanced. I liked her a lot, except when she started to crack jokes or whatever she thought qualifies as a joke. Her sense of humor wasn't that great. But I loved seeing her drool over the Villain (who wouldn't), it was adorable.
The Villain (whose name I won't reveal cause of spoilers) is definitely the type of guy who hates everyone but her. He is so charismatic. He's definitely a brooding guy and I adored seeing him open up to Evie. Loved how into her he was already, despite her bad jokes. One thing that could have been better about him was if he was even more villainous but I kinda get it- it's just lighthearted stuff and YA.

I enjoyed the cozy mystery vibes. Trying to find out who is trying to sabotage the Villain was fun and totally wasn't the person I was expecting. Loved the plot twist at the end.

The romance was cute tho it didn't really develop into something more, am expecting that to happen in the next book. I loved the pining, from both of them and how the two were always open for communication. This is a clean romance, so no spice. And it works out quite well. The way the two were always so protective of each other was everything!!

The ending was hard to put down. Loved the plot twist at the end. As it ends on a cliffhanger, am really looking forward to the next one.

Overall, a fun lighthearted read. I recommend it if you're in the mood for cozy mystery fantasy and if you want entertainment.

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Fantasy rom com? When Once Upon a Time meets The Office? Am so into that... That's what she said LET'S GOO