Title: Assassin's Heart Series:Assassins Heart #1
Author: Sarah Ahiers
Publisher: HarperTeen
Published Date: February 2nd 2016
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Page Count:420
Format: Hardcover
My Rating: ★ ★.5
Goodreads Summary:
In the kingdom of Lovero, nine rival Families of assassins lawfully kill people for a price. As a highly skilled member of one of these powerful clans, seventeen-year-old Lea Saldana has always trusted in the strength of her Family. Until she awakens to find them murdered and her home in flames. The Da Vias, the Saldanas’ biggest enemy, must be responsible—and Lea should have seen it coming. But her secret relationship with the Da Vias’ son, Val, has clouded her otherwise killer instinct—and given the Da Vias more reason than ever to take her Family down.
Racked with guilt and shattered over Val’s probable betrayal, Lea sets out to even the score, with her heart set on retaliation and only one thought clear in her mind: make the Da Vias pay.
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My Review:
"My family had been murdered, and it had been partially my fault. They'd left me alone to avenge them, to do right by them and by our Family. They could never be replaced."One of my most disappointing reads of 2017. Assassin's Heart had so much potential to be a good book, but it just didn't happen.
There are nine families who are skilled and favored by the Goddess that this country believes in. To keep the people and the Goddess happy they go on hired missions to kill people and then place a coin on their tongue to help them transfer over to the afterlife successfully.
Now the families only marry each other, which means it's a bit like the royal families we have. Due to past conflicts though the two most powerful families hate each other, making a marriage between the two impossible for Lea and her love Val. Also all of the families are extremely secretive about where they live and have multiple secret entrances.
Instead what happens is Lea gets betrayed and her whole family ends up dying, and she thinks she knows who gave the location away.
With Lea now having to be on the run and trying to stay alive until she can find a way to get revenge the story seems like its just going to get even more interesting.. wrong... instead Lea ends up falling fr another guy, even though she still kind of like Val even after everything that happened.
Add in the constant romance and I dont know who I love, and the oh I'm just going to do everything alone despite not knowing what she's doing most of the time. Not to mention Lea takes unnecessary risks that almost get her caught multiple times, all while injured and yet still always manages to get away.. how?
I just found myself getting annoyed time and time again with these characters and what was happening in the story.
The only reasons this book didn't get a 1 star rating is because of how Lea kept on with her original plan despite the feelings she was having towards someone.
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