Review: okay assassin story, with a good main character.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 9, 2014
(Source: I received a digital copy of this book for free on a read-to-review basis. Thanks to Entangled Publishing, LLC and Netgalley.)17-year-old Zayn has a problem – sometimes she feels an overwhelming building of energy inside her and doesn’t know how to dissipate it without people getting hurt.When she turns down a marriage proposal by the village leader’s son, her mother is killed, and Zayn somehow finds herself being trained as an assassin.Where does this power come from? Is Zayn the only one affected? And can she use her powers for good?This was an okay story, but I didn’t really enjoy it all that much.Zayn was an okay character. She obviously loved her mother, wasn’t afraid to stand up for what she wanted, and always did her best. I liked the way that she didn’t accept a pity proposal and instead took the more dangerous option, and I also liked the way she didn’t use her power to hurt people, even when they weren’t necessarily friendly.The storyline in this was okay, although I did get a bit bored. There was some action in this which is probably what saved the book for me, and I also liked the little snippets of romance that we got. I did find my attention slipping during most of the book though.I will say that this book did remind me of Grave Mercy, and seeing as I didn’t like that much either it probably stands to reason that I wouldn’t like this much either. If you liked Grave Mercy you will probably like this though.Overall; okay assassin story, with a good main character.6 out of 10.