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The Wastrel & The Assassin

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Mother's mysterious death, stepmother's deadly conspiracy, hateful brother... Thomas decides to pose as a wastrel to fool everyone. But his father hires Harper, a bodyguard known as the God of Slaughter, to protect him. Now, who'll outsmart whom?

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The Wastrel & The Assassin Reviews

★★★★☆4.4·10 reviews

IvyScenes

★★★☆☆·2 months ago

The Wastrel & The Assassin has enough pace to stay watchable.

Nora_Watching

★★★★☆·2 months ago

A few scenes in The Wastrel & The Assassin rush by, but the core still works.

EllaMarathon

★★★★★·2 months ago

The episode structure in The Wastrel & The Assassin is very binge-friendly.

IvyScenes — ★★★☆☆

The Wastrel & The Assassin has enough pace to stay watchable.

Nora_Watching — ★★★★☆

A few scenes in The Wastrel & The Assassin rush by, but the core still works.

EllaMarathon — ★★★★★

The episode structure in The Wastrel & The Assassin is very binge-friendly.

Avery_Screen — ★★★★★

I liked the way the main pair in The Wastrel & The Assassin played tension without overdoing it.

EthanEpisode — ★★★★★

The Wastrel & The Assassin works when the actors let the tension sit for a second.

Nora_Twist — ★★★☆☆

The Wastrel & The Assassin is not bad, just not very surprising.

LoganLens — ★★★★☆

The Wastrel & The Assassin has a clean enough look to stay immersive.

Nora_NoSpoilers — ★★★★★

The scene transitions in The Wastrel & The Assassin are smoother than expected.

AriSceneLog — ★★★★★

The Wastrel & The Assassin has a few shots that are better than they needed to be.

Sam_NoSpoilers — ★★★★★

The chemistry in The Wastrel & The Assassin does a lot of heavy lifting.

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