Review: The Dead Cat Tail Assassinsby P. Djèlí Clark

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I was provided an audio ARC of this book via the publisher and Netgalley, all opinions are my own.  Listening to the audiobook was even better than reading the book.  The narrator was wonderful, she did an amazing job voicing all of the characters.  It was like there were multiple narrators with all of the accents and voices she created for this book.  It was such a rich listening experience and really brought Clarks vivid world and characters to life.

I read this back in April when it was originally scheduled to release in the spring, but I jumped on a chance to listen to the audiobook.  I absolutely loved the audiobook and highly recommend picking this up in whatever format you prefer.  This was originally supposed to release in April, however the publication date has moved to August. This novella is roughly 200 pages in print, bringing it to just over 7 hours of listening time.  I listened to it in a day and couldn't put it down.  It is a fast paced and action packed mix of sci-fi and fantasy. Each one if Clark's books mixes a bit of steampunk, science fiction, and fantasy into a unique story that you don't want to put down. The world building is excellent, and even in a short time you come to love the characters!

Eveen is a member of The Dead Cat Tail Assassins', they are a guild of undead assassins governed by contracts and godling laws. When presented with what appears to be a proper contract, Eveen finds herself unable to fulfil the contract which could bring down the wrath of Aeril, the goddess she and those like her serve, on not only herself bur her entire guild.

Eveen and her mark, set out on a mission to figure out how to undo the contract through time and space without destroying the entire city before the sun comes up. Eveen and Sky offset each other like night and day, while using everything at hand to figure out how to circumvent the contract and set things to rights. This had everything I would want from a great story, good humor, engaging plot, interesting characters, and it was a lot of fun!

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