Assistant to the Villain
2023 • 369 pages

Ratings201

Average rating3.8

15

DNF at 15%. I could tell immediately that the writing was very clunky and stilted, but thought I'd still try and give it a chance since the concept seemed campy and fun — but very very quickly became clear that this was not just awkwardly written, but was also full-on instalove (quite literally one scene after the intro, we are five months in the future and our POV character won't shut up about The Villain's lips), clumsy girl with question marks for a personality, dialogue straight out of a bad Hallmark movie, no humor that was hitting whatsoever, etc. It's a no from me.

September 2, 2024