The Barbarian King's Assassin (Magic and Kings, #1)

by Eve Langlais

Tragedy forged her, but love tempered her steely heart.

There aren't many choices for a child arrested and charged with murder. When a mysterious stranger asks an imprisoned Ilyana to be his apprentice, she accepts.

Fast forward a few decades and she's an expert in her field, an assassin for hire with special skills, and an uncanny affinity for weapons. Her newest bounty requires her to eliminate the Barbarian King, only for the first time in her career, she hesitates.

Turns out she and the monarch from the west might have a common enemy in the Grand Vizier, a highly placed official for a rival country. He's the one behind the bounty on Konstantin's head, and the person responsible for the death of Ilyana's parents.

Rather than kill the King, she finds herself working for him. Together, they form a plan for revenge. What they don't expect is the ensuing tempest of secrets.

A betrayal and a capture might spell the end for the Barbarian and the Assassin unless they're willing to fight not only for survival-but love.

• ISBN10: 1773842579
• ISBN13: 9781773842578
• Publish Date: 8 March 2022
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Eve Langlais
• Edition: Large type / large print edition
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 400
• Language: English

Reviews

[Ashley]

Read 42%. Wasn't what I was looking for. Too cheesy. I think I wanted something serious, but with an epic romance. But this is more on the silly, lighthearted, and fluffy side.

The main character is supposed to be in her 30s, but in my opinion she acted way younger.

“I blinked at the big horsey butt in front of me.”

“I gnashed my teeth at how feminine I looked. Not dangerous at all.”

She was annoying and childish and kept over compensating just because she's short. Her height was clearly supposed to be an adorable, original joke, but I just found it tired. The barbarians were constantly like: (paraphrasing this one)

“You? An assassin? But you're so tiny!”

Then she'd humph about it and make some comeback. Over and over again.