Sweet Revenge

by Ava Jaylynn

THERE ARE NO HEROES OR VILLAINS IN THIS WORLD.ONLY THE BAD AND THE WORSE.Kiki Amana is the only survivor of a fatal accident that leaves her shattered by grief. As she tries to move on and live again, she uncovers a secret that changes the course of her fate forever. She spends years training under the wing of one of Lunaria’s greatest assassins, The Shifter. Hardened by her goals, she ices out the world. She is forced to partner with a rival, the brilliant and infuriating Phantom Assassin. In a cutthroat world where secrets lay around every corner, she must ask herself who she can trust.When she is soon faced with the pressure of connecting with others in order to get what she wants, she must choose between rejecting allies, or embracing a team to get her sweet revenge. And that may be the hardest task of all.She is not the monster in her story, but she’s willing to give everything to kill the one who is.

408 pages, Paperback

Published October 28, 2023

Reviews

[Evelyn Cux-Rodriguez · Rating 5 out of 5]

okay, I never do reviews so bear with me on this. I wanna start off by saying that I love how thorough and detailed everything was. I love that the story has a map, I enjoyed going back and forth every time a place was mentioned. I also loved that the author gives us a little overview on the Imperium. WHICH btw the hair color?!! That was so unique I loved it!
Okay now unto the story, I loved Kiki, I think she's such a well rounded character. The story begins with her being a bad ass assassin (which I enjoyed) and then a few pages in we see how she turned into an assassin which I think it's great.
Personally, I'm not a big fan of flashbacks in general, I tend to like learning the characters past little by little (And I know it only took a few chapters - it's just my preference) but it didn't make me like the book any less! It helped me know why the story was called Sweet revenge. I mean c'mon, if what happened to her family happened to my family before my eyes, I would also spend nine years trying to get revenge lol
AND I'm trying to avoid spoilers, but I LOOOOOOVED Zavier. I love that they became roommates, and honestly it was such a joy to see the banter between them.
LISTEN I knew the ending was coming. I knew something was gonna go wrong but I was still left with my mouth agape. I really like her method of revenge, obviously it would've been great if Kiki didn't hurt herself in the process, but she worked hard for her revenge so I'm fine with it, even if Zavier holding her broke my heart.
Overall, I really liked the book. I couldn't even tell this was the author debut book! it was so well written, and it had all the fantasy and romance as promised.

[Astraea Long · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazingly creative world-building and premise, with all your favorite tropes. This book both made me laugh at the main character's sense of humor and want to tear my hair out at the slow-burn rivals-to-lovers romance (don't even get me started with the ending). All the female characters are so loveable and empowering, I wish I could be friends with them in real life. I highly recommend this read for those looking for scifi femme fatale stories with a captivating plot and tasteful romance side plot. And I am so dying for the rest of the series.

[Sal · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved how the characters interacted with each other and my jaw dropped when there were plot twists that I didn't see coming. I'm so excited to read more of Kikis adventures

[Rachel Lentz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such an amazing book! Would 100% recommend, loved the cliff hanger and literally cannot wait for the next book to come out!

[Ava Jaylynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I might have a swayed opinion but, best book I’ve read so far.🥰