Too Cute

 Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer 

This was adorable. I have watched some of the TikTok videos that this author made before she started writing this book and they are funny and adorable and I had such high hopes for this book because of the skits; I was not disappointed. Evie is the sunshine assistant who accidentally gets hired to work for The Villain. Except, he's a bad guy with morals. And as we learn more about him, he might not be quite so bad after all. In fact, the King might actually be the real bad guy in all of this. But, I digress. Trystan, aka The Villain, is crazy in love with Evie, but 1) he's The Villain so he can't have feelings and 2) she's his assistant and he won't cross that line. But, everyone but her can see it, so that's fun when it gets pointed out for them. We meet his siblings and realize that there is more going on than meets the eye; I can't wait for more of that story in book 2. We meet her family, where she is the sole breadwinner because her sister is too young and her father is ill. Except, we find out at the end that he's not ill; no, he's working undercover for the king and has just refused to take care of his family. In fact, he's the one that tried to see her to the blacksmith, which put her in need of employment in the first place. She dealt with both her father and the blacksmith by the end. This had surprises, twists, turns, heart, and laughs. I cannot wait to read book two!