THE ASSISTANT BY JOHN TRISTAN : BOOK REVIEW

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 The Assistant by John Tristan

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Nick Kurosawa is an ex-soldier who lost his family in an unfortunate car accident. Since then, he has been living as a drifter, taking on temporary jobs to make ends meet. A chance at  a steady job and getting his life back in order is what leads him to the doorstep of Jacob Umber.


Jacob Umber has been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, a chronic and variable illness. Some days he is fine and some days he can barely manage to get out off bed.

Jacob wants a personal assistant, someone adaptable, without pre-conceived notions and who can take instructions easily.


Nick is everything that Jacob needs, and Jacob is everything that Nick craves.

Can Jacob resist Nick and his talent for following orders? 

Will their budding relationship be destroyed by secrets from Jacob's past?


 “𝙈𝙧. 𝙐𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧", 𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧. “𝙔𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙤𝙩.”

𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙨.

𝙄𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙨𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧. 𝙄𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙄 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 𝙄𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 𝙄𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪.

𝙐𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙. 𝙃𝙚 𝙨𝙡𝙞𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙠’𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨. “𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨,” 𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙠, 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙢.

“𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩,” 𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙣, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙠𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙.


Jacob was such an intriguing character, with so many layers to his personality.  I loved the dynamics between Jacob and Nick. Their personalities contrasted eachother but they worked well together.

I loved how the author explored Jacob's disability. This was extremely well written.


This was a slowburn romance, with hurt/comfort and a boss/employee relationship.

This might not work for everyone, so please read the triggers/warnings before venturing into this one.



𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴:

𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴/𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘋/𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦.



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