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Violence
A lot
Significant assassination violence; Gin's work and the plot against her involve frequent kills
Language
Some
Adult language in Estep's urban fantasy register
Sexual Content
Some
Adult romantic content in the series' tradition
Substance Use
Barely any
Some drinking in the Southern city setting
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Low psychological intensity; the series is action-focused throughout
What this book is about
The first Elemental Assassin novel introduces Gin Blanco, who has worked as an assassin named the Spider for years, and whose latest job goes wrong when she is betrayed. Estep writes adult urban fantasy with the genre's characteristic action sequences and explicit romantic content. The assassination violence is significant. For adult readers of urban fantasy.
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