Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Review:The Assassins's Curse

The Assassin's Curse (The Assassin's Curse #1)
by Cassandra Rose Clarke
Published October 2nd 2012
by Strange Chemistry
ARC from Netgalley
Summary from Goodreads:
Ananna of the Tanarau abandons ship when her parents try to marry her off to an allying pirate clan: she wants to captain her own boat, not serve as second-in-command to her handsome yet clueless fiance. But her escape has dire consequences when she learns the scorned clan has sent an assassin after her. 

And when the assassin, Naji, finally catches up with her, things get even worse. Ananna inadvertently triggers a nasty curse — with a life-altering result. Now Ananna and Naji are forced to become uneasy allies as they work together to break the curse and return their lives back to normal. Or at least as normal as the lives of a pirate and an assassin can be.

Thoughts:
The Assassin's Curse has all the elements of a book that I was looking for. A strong, feisty heroine, a wonderful imaginative fantasy setting, a plotline that keeps you at the edge of your seat and a romance that is not too overwhelming. Yes, this book is certainly made for me.

From the get go, we are introduced to Ananna as she tried to make her escape from becoming a pawn in her parents' plan to marry her off to another pirate clan and thus uniting the two clans together. And when the Hariri clan found her missing, they decided to dispatch an assassin to kill her off to save some face.

I just love Ananna and Naji. Both are very different in their own way and when Ananna accidentally save the assassin's life they are inexplicably bound together. Since Naji is now involuntarily cursed to protect Ananna instead of finishing her off, they decided to travel together to escape the mysterious woman who is trying to kill Naji and the new band of assassins sent to finish Ananna.

The magical setting are so different since it was set in a dessert and the mystical elements played an important part in making the story so engrossing and unique. I just wished that there are more YA fantasy books like this. Truly a brilliant debut that even adults can enjoy!

Verdict: 5 stars.
In my Debut Author & Witches & Witchcraft Reading Challenge 
Available on: Amazon

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