Accomplice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer (Review)

Title: Accomplice to the Villain
Author: Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Type: Fiction
Genre: Adult, Romantasy
Publisher: Entangled: Red Tower Books
Date published: August 5, 2025

A complimentary physical copy of this book was kindly provided by Kaye Publicity and Red Tower Books in exchange for an honest review.

REWARD OFFERED: Apprentice to The Villain wanted for treason (light), magical property damage (alleged), and one incident involving a weaponized scone (accurate). Frequently seen with a grumpy frog (crowned, judgmental). Answers to “Evie” or “Stop that.”

Evie Sage didn’t mean to become the right-hand woman to the kingdom’s most terrifying villain. One minute, she was applying for an entry-level position that promised “light paperwork and occasional beheadings,” and the next, she was knee-deep in magical mayhem, murder plots, and an entirely inappropriate crush on her brooding, sharp-jawed, walking disaster of a boss.

Now, with a magical prophecy unraveling, assassins showing up in the break room, and a suspicious amount of frogs wearing crowns, Evie has to figure out how to survive her job without setting the kingdom on fire―or her dignity, which is hanging by a very sarcastic thread.

Being evil-adjacent was never part of the five-year plan. But then again…neither was falling for The Villain.

⤖ My Review ⬻

I really really enjoyed Assistant to the Villain—it made it to my top reads of 2023 list! I was left wanting more, so I was excited to pick up the second book, Apprentice to the Villain. It unfortunately wasn’t my favourite read—I reaelly struggled with remaining focused and it took me over a month to finish. I had high hopes for the third book, Accomplice to the Villain… But unfortunately, the same thing happened. Things were happening, but it was almost as if too many things were happening?

I almost wonder if this story would have worked better for me as a duology? I’m not sure. I did make it through, but I had to really push myself, which is not how it should be. This is of course a personal issue, as I’m sure there are plenty of reaeders who loved this book so definitely don’t let this turn you away from reading Accomplice to the Villain, and please keep in mind that despite all of the above, I’ll still be reading the fourth book, Adversary to the Villain, expected to be released this August!