The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
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The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats.
Nor do they have tails.
But they are most assuredly dead.
Nebula and Alex Award winner P. Djèlí Clark introduces a brand-new world and a fantastical city full of gods and assassins.
Eveen the Eviscerator is skilled, discreet, professional, and here for your most pressing needs in the ancient city of Tal Abisi. Her guild is strong, her blades are sharp, and her rules are simple. Those sworn to the Matron of Assassins―resurrected, deadly, wiped of their memories―have only three unbreakable vows.
First, the contract must be just. That’s above Eveen’s pay grade.
Second, even the most powerful assassin may only kill the contracted. Eveen’s a professional. She’s never missed her mark.
The third and the once you accept a job, you must carry it out. And if you stray? A final death would be a mercy. When the Festival of the Clockwork King turns the city upside down, Eveen’s newest mission brings her face-to-face with a past she isn’t supposed to remember and a vow she can’t forget.
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A fun and uncomplicated story that touches its characters and universe at surface level only. It's a standalone (I think) and not that many pages. If that's your thing, you might want to give this a go. Clark is a good writer.
But it's a 2* read for me as all of the above apparently doesn't work for me. The first few chapters promised a possible 5* read but I lost interest in, well, everything, started speed reading, skipping more and more towards the end. It's a shame. I love Ring Shout and like A Master Of Djinn. Not this, though.
