Reyna is a private guard for the kingdom but is bored with her job. It isn’t until the queen is flippant with Reyna’s life during a hostage attempt that she knows she is done with being the queen’s assassin. She knows that it is treason to leave but all she wants is to open a book and tea shop with her girlfriend, Kianthe. Now on the run, she and Kianthe must blend in which is hard for an ex-assassin and a powerful mange.
Overall rating 1 /5
The first chapter had me hooked and I was really hoping the whole book would have the same energy. However, this book was so slow and had no action until 50% through the book briefly. It revolved more around a normal everyday entrepreneurial relationship with some side magic. I felt it was more focused on Reyna and Kianthe’s anxieties of their possible deaths. It was also difficult to stay immersed in the book with the narrator's constant and exaggerated sound effects.
*Thank you to the author, Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for the audio copy. I am freely leaving my honest review.