A review by cece_rants_raves_reviews
Trickery by Jane Washington, Jaymin Eve

4.0

Beautiful Cover ! Reverse harem !! Hilarious heroine who liTERARLLY FALLS INTO ADVENTURE !! WHEN THE FUCK IS BOOK 2 COMING OUT?!?


Meet Willa Knight :the quirky, ultra-clumsy, sassy heroine you haven't read yet.

“Fuck the gods,” I said again, a little louder this time. Just double-checking. “Fuck the fucking gods!” I screamed. I had no excuse for that one. It just felt good.”

It was only a childish prank to graduate. Just mess up the computers a lil. Improve her grades. She didn't realize it would send her off to Blessmont. People are chosen for their grace, elegance, intelligence- everything Willa's tendency for disaster overshadows.

Once sent the academy, you either stay&serve or get sacrificed. No joke if she piss someone off then she dead

" I mean … I know things have happened so fast, but … did you consider turning it down?”
I hadn’t. Not even once, actually. Which was odd because I was pretty certain I would die there.”

Last quote about Willa's character, honestly I just loved her. She was clumsy. She was fearless. She was prideful. She had nothing left. She kept fighting.

“Which actually wasn’t a bad idea. I mean … I had a candlestick, and Fakey made it look super easy to use as a weapon. I could totally take Point on this. And, let’s not forget that I had stabbed a god before. That practically made me an expert in god-fighting.”

Now lets meet my boys (and yes they are mine- fight me Willa)
Aros the golden boy, Rome the protective giant, Siret the trickster, Yael the flirty boy, and Coen the quiet snarky mobster

“It wasn’t the tree that had surprised me, though. It was the guy tied to the tree, and the guy standing before him, holding up a crossbow. He was blindfolded, and the guy tied to the tree was laughing”

All the brothers possess unique personalities that really differed them but all in all: they are arrogant rebellious souls who don't give a f*ck about the rules.



The clumsy dweller amuses them so they bet how long it would take for a teacher to sentence her to death for breaking the rules

“The sols admittedly looked a little put-off, but I was sure it was only because they hadn’t actually thought that I would try to get myself sentenced to death. Pfft. They clearly didn’t know me.”

Muahha they underestimated the power of her clumsy-curse
How I rate any book is 90% based on the quality of banter. In that case ~ this book is a 5:

“but Yael was meeting my stare, and he had this knowing expression on his face that made me want to sucker-punch him in the face.
So …
Yeah.
That’s how I ended up sucker-punching a sacred sol on my second sun-cycle”

By far, this was my favorite scene:

“I knew that he was moments away from kicking the door down like a crazy, deranged sol, so I quickly raised my fist and knocked. They all turned to stare at me, looking like I’d just stolen their favourite toy and ripped its head off.
“What?” I asked defensively. “Just trying to be polite.”
“We’re here to kill her,” Siret reminded me, his voice a frustrated groan."

There were honestly so many hilarious interactions with this group that at times i was rolling on the floor laughing like a maniac:

“I gave him a surprised look, but he only met my eye stubbornly. Challenging me to argue with him. Well … I wasn’t going to argue with him before, but he challenged me, dammit”

I'm just saying, a girl could get use to be pressed against an Abcurse chest whenever crazy shit started happening.

At times the plot seemed like random situations that Willa fell into and the guys laughed& ran after her for pure entertainment.

“I tossed out my hands to catch myself, forgetting that I was holding the knife … And that was how I stabbed a God in Topia.”

However, I began to see that the guys were part of a bigger adventure that i hope we'll find out more about in book 2 and how Willa fits into all of it

And over time they began to care for each other....which they expressed thru sassy comments and threatening glares.

"There’s a knife in your chest, you idiot!” I realised that screaming at him probably wasn’t going to help the situation, but I couldn’t seem to control myself.”

I really really loved these guys- they were interesting characters with backstories and schemes and each were so unique and hilarious. I was honestly jealous of Willa at times... definitely recommend