Two books into the Daindreths Assassin series, I'm very much liking them. I find the story interesting and the characters believable - Daindreth is very much the kind and refined archduke and Amira the teenage girl who has learnt that aggression is her strongest weapon. I'm looking forward to her learning that you can't beat/threaten your way through every problem.
The reason for the missing star is that there are minor irritations. The books would have benefited from a run by an editor to weed out the small misspellings and mistakes that are scattered through the books, and the author seems overly fond of the word "smeared", to the point that I imagine the characters hands turning to goo every time they get frustrated or need to wipe sweat from their brow. Again, something an editor might have caught.
I generally don't leave reviews, so that I'm doing so now should be taken as a point in favour of this author, and as an intention to aid her continued improvement.
