The writing is pretty terrible. Maehrer has tried so hard to make Evie cute and relatable that she just appears idiotic and obnoxious. (In one scene, she insists she isn't clumsy, and then in a slightly later scene, she says that if there is an obstacle in her way, she will find a way to run into it. There's a lot of dumb writing like that.)

I was excited to read this because who doesn't love a villain with a heart of gold? But I think I just wanted this to be another <i>Hench</i> and this is no <i>Hench</i>. The villain is an actual villain here: pretty early on he complains to Evie that she is being too demanding of him when he already stopped killing interns. She also says multiple times that he has an evil heart. Even setting aside the big things, he regularly calls her "little tornado" which she thinks is cute until she tells him that, and he says it was never a compliment.  He is also constantly yelling at her for saying "sorry" even though he makes her call him sir. I can put up with a lot of shitty storytelling if there is a good romance, but their relationship isn't even in the same time zone as romance.

Honestly don't even waste your time with this and just go read <i>Hench</i>.