Assassin's Heart

by Sarah Ahiers

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This review was originally posted on Latte Nights ReviewsOleander Saldana, Lea for short, is the daughter of the First Families who are clippers (assassins) and worship Safraella, a goddess of death and resurrection. These First Families are very respected and not to be messed with. One night Lea goes home to sleep then wakes up to find her house in flames and her family dead by the Da Vias, her suitor's family, a First Family who strayed from Safraella's path. Lea is seeking revenge and she won't stop until the Da Vias are dead.

Lea seemed an odd assassin for me seeing as in the first chapter she gets poisoned... Anyways, she is a really good fighter, she's very strong and she still honors what her family stood for. The characters she meets along the way added a nice touch to the story, especially Les, whose character added a fun tone to the book, in my opinion. While I do think there was some kind of insta-love with him, I still liked them together but to me, the romance wasn't something important in the story. Yes, it was...kind of present but the rest of the story, it had so much going on that I wasn't fully invested in the romance, which I was grateful for because I got to enjoy this book a lot.

This story had quite a few cliché moments that didn't help with my enjoyment of the story but overall, it was good. There could have been more to the ending since it was quite fast but apparently this is a series so I'm really hoping the second book is better and we get to read more about Lea's adventure and what's to come for her and her new-found family.

I received an eARC from the publisher for free in exchange for an honest review.This review was originally posted on Latte Nights Reviews