Name: The Queen's Assassin
Rating: 3.364864864864865 (111 reviews)
ISBN: 9780525515913

Melissa de la Cruz

"The Queen's Assassin is forced to take on a mysterious apprentice on his most dangerous mission yet, pulling them both into a vicious web of secrets and lies"--

The Queen's Assassin

an entertaining story though there were a few slow parts throughout. i kinda saw the twist at the end coming but was still surprised. 

Hannah Williams

It's quite easy to read and to follow the plot. A very good story from begin to end and plottwists I didn't see coming.

Sina Meier

It's quite easy to read and to follow the plot. A very good story from begin to end and plottwists I didn't see coming.



This was an AMAZING book I can’t wait to read the second one!!!

Paige D

Princess Twasam 

I saw a lot of mixed reviews on this book and that’s probably why it took me forever to read it but I’m glad I did. If you are looking for a literary masterpiece, like really good writing, then I wouldn’t really suggest this book. Don’t get me wrong the book isn’t bad but it’s not something that you ponder the metaphors found. I kinda wish that we spent a bit of more time world building. But, this book is more of an easy read and it focuses more on the characters than the plot points. There are a few plot twist in this book and they leave quite a few holes that I’m hoping will be resolved in the next book but it’s not that seri. I liked this book as an easy read and it’s more romance than fantasy. 

Charmaine

A secret plot, a mysterious girl, and a love so withstanding. All will be revealed in the end. 🖤🖤🖤

Kailey Webb

RATING: 4 stars

Overall, this was a good book, quick and easy to read, although I was looking for more of the assassin side of the story to be more intense, and less of the romance.

Jennifer

Ummm had I read this before??? Something about the plot and the construct of the novel felt eerily familiar to me. Like, it's cliche YA. Examples: "I'm not like other girls" main character, extreme enemies to lovers trope, and insta-love. I felt like I wasn't reading a new book here and frankly I got bored around 100 pages through.

So if it's just the cliche issues, this would had been a 2 star read. But unfortunately there were some glaring technical issues in the writing (inconsistent writing style and pacing) whic tipped this to the 1-star territory.


(1.5 stars out of 5)

laura

* I got this book for review for my honest thoughts*

I will be honest I really struggled with this read. I wanted to really enjoy this book. I found this book hard to connect to the characters and it the world building was not super clear. I thought the characters were not well rounded felt like one dimesnsional characters. It was not a read the graded my attention, but i did read it fast, I just struggled to care about the characters and don't know if i will keep reading this series. I did not love her writing style.

Heather Solov

Re-read Spring 2021: still love this book :) it's just a nice, easy read with a captivating world and characters.

Sophie

I need a Cal in my life......

Dit is het 2de Engelse boek dat ik heb gelezen, het is in het begin even wennen maar als je er eenmaal in zit, wordt je ook echt wel meegezogen door het verhaal.

Het boek leest lekker makkelijk weg en het verhaal blijft vernieuwend. Het einde was even een shook momentje maar ook wel een beetje te verwachten.

Ik geef dit boek gewoon 5 sterren, because why not..;)
De cover is mooi, het verhaal goed geschreven, en een hottie van een moordenaar, ik bedoel wat willen we nog meer.

Het is zeker een aanrader om te lezen, al zitten er soms wel moeilijke woorden tussen, maar he!! daar hebben we tegenwoordig Google translate voor.

Kat Kooiman

I have many regrets in life, and one of them is this book. I should have DNF'd this thing so hard but for whatever reason I did not. I think I lost some braincells. Please don't read this atrocity, I beg you. Learn from my mistake.

Leelynn Brady

Disclaimer: I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you to Fantastic Flying Book Club, Netgalley, and G. P. Putnam’s Sons for this free copy. All quotes in this review are taken from the Advanced Reader Copy and may change in final publication.

I’m going to die. Also: My aunts are going to kill me.

Shadow
Oh my gosh. Shadow cracked me up so freaking much! I feel like she was the reason why I was hooked on this book, although I didn’t even meet her until the first chapter.

Yes, there’s a little bit of back history on what happened before the events of this novel, and then a prologue as well to explain what exactly would be the Queen’s Assassin. I know I was curious until the prologue explained it and then I was like “well duh that makes sense.” So anyway.

But yeah I was really happy to read something from de la Cruz again, and I’m actually regretting that I hadn’t been keeping up with her work before this. I’ll have to go back and see some other novels from her. And honestly we all know that I’m not good at keeping up with series in general… *ahem* so we’ll have to see how long it would take me to even finish all of her series.

BUT ANYWAY. I’m sorry I keep going off on a tangent.

I really enjoyed this world that de la Cruz created, and I feel like her writing grew up with me and I can see me reading more of these older YA novels from her the more the years go by. Wow, that just makes me feel so dramatic but seriously. I have always loved de la Cruz, and I’m just so thankful that I was able to get to read this novel.

Oh, and I loved Cal also. I mean, yeah sure the first time we meet him is under some *ahem* extenuating circumstances but I was actually super excited to meet him that way. I feel like he’s so… maybe honorable but also seems like he could do something pretty… I don’t even know how to describe it. Like he would do just about anything to protect his realm, even if it wasn’t something that was entirely “good”.

It’s alarming, really, how quickly nice people become ravenous, bloodthirsty.

Caledon Holt
I need the sequel to exist so I can take a year or something to read it and then see what happens next. Yes, I swear I’ll end up reading it because I love Shadow and Cal. Literally making my night while I’m writing this review. This may be another favorite duo that I need to add to my list.

Sunia Asat

Fast paced read 
Cute love story 
Has lots of second hand embarrassment 

Jade Faller 

Honestly really good book, your in for a rollercoaster ride

Aubrey Erskine

Find the full review on my blog:
 http://shelflifechronicles.com/2020/0...

A boy who is trained in the art of death, sent to kill the enemies of the Queen of the Kingdom and a girl who appears as nothing more than a country girl but has been training to become apart of the Guild for years. They embark on a journey to save their kingdom from another magical war and on the way encounter friendship, deception, love betrayal and that's just between the two of them.

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