Accomplice to the Villain

Accomplice to the Villain: Assistant and the Villain, Book 3 by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

The Villain makes a passing comment about the girl being his accomplice. That gives us a title. The books has a good deal of action, humor and romance. However, there are so many twists, turns and subplots that it is easy to get lost. The families of the villain are all interrelated and both hate and love each other. The end serves to just confuse the plot points. The frog prince seems to be more frog, but then seems to magically appear as a person at the end. The villain shouldn't have been the villain, but the girl should. Their relationship has stepped up a level, so does it really matter what they should have been? There are various conflicts, possible traitors and more along with a lot of one-liners. I still have not bought in to the necessity of what is going on. 

Apprentice to the Villain

Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant and the Villain, 2) by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

This is a "middle book" in the villian series. There seems to be a lot going on, but it is unclear why it is going on. The villain and the girl seem to like each other. Family members come out to influence the plot. They are trying to find the girl's mother with the goal of understanding things. However, they seem to run into other family members instead. I was a little bit lost with this plot. It seemed to be a vehicle for humor rather than a story.

Assistant to the Villain: Assistant to the Villain, Book 1

Assistant to the Villain: Assistant to the Villain, Book 1 by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

A girl from a hard-up family takes a job as the assistant to "the villian". She tries to pass it off as a regular job to her family. In fact, it does closely resemble a regular job - except for the dead bodies. The Villain has a small corporate operation. The girl helps it run smoothly. The Villain realizes this when the girl quits after a misunderstanding and nobody knows what to do. He works to get her back. The two of them have various adventures that often involve family members and fall for each other.  However, they get caught by the king and capture him and seemingly kill the girl. The girl's dad had betrayed them with magical ink that allows him to see her documents she writes. Things end with a cliffhanger for the next book. The book is primarily humorous fantasy with a small dose of romance, thought I would not quite call it romantasy. It has a young adult or even big kid feel, though the bits of salty language put a damper on that. It seems like it has potential that it almost lives up to.