T.A.G. Youre Seen (The Assassins Guild Book 1)

Clever, smart, and wickedly dirty, A.G. Carothers scores a perfect 10 with T.A.G. You’re Seen! The first book in their The Assassins’ Guild series, Carothers lays down a thrilling, fast-moving adventure. Wonderfully complex characters navigate twists and turns, all while a heart-touching tale unfolds. After all, assassins live, love, and laugh too. This audio version of T.A.G. You’re Seen is performed by Gomez Pugh, and I don’t have to tell his fans how perfect he is for this kind of novel. What an opportunity for this talented narrator to show off his impressive skill with accents... and his ability to croon those sexy Russian words of love! Horoshiy malchik, o da! Plus Mr. Pugh does an amazing job representing the wide variety of personalities in the cast. From the playfulness of the young guys to the gruffer, more somber, older men, Pugh’s performance is brilliant. This talented narrator has A.G. Carothers’ humor down pat, and I can’t wait to hear him perform the next episode in this series. Broken into two parts, T.A.G. You’re Seen begins with the story of a young assassin on (what should be) a routine job. Something doesn’t seem right, and when he takes a deeper look at his target, he’s in for a big surprise. Well that’s the story for the second half of the novel, and to say any more here would spoil the whole thing! The reveal is clever and a lot of fun. This is the second novel I’ve read by A.G. Carothers, and what captures me most about their writing are the connections between the characters. This is a stunning D/s relationship, and the emotions that emerge during the power exchanges are moving and truly beautiful. Carothers also explores the bonds between the wide mixture of men who make up the family of T.A.G. From father and son, to brothers, to comrades in arms, I’m looking forward to learning more about this eclectic blend of personalities in the next episode in The Assassins’ Guild series. There’s a wonderful, rich history between these characters, and I love the snarky banter as they navigate their way through the story. It’s not a comedy, but A.G. Carothers weaves touches of lightheartedness and humor throughout. There are also gritty stories of past assassinations, descriptions of torture techniques, and details of these guys’ lives that will tug at your heartstrings. A perfect blend of thriller, erotica, and a touching hurt/comfort tale, T.A.G. You’re Seen is everything I could want in a dark romance novel.

As a reader, discovering authors whom work you know you are going to like regardless the topic is a treat so when I was offered this amazing book write by AG Carothers, author of the Dragon war chronicles, as an ARC I knew I was going to love it, so I took it. The way the author guided you through the interesting plot with a style of writing that helps you to immerse in the Daddy/boy love story of Dmitry and Yoshi. Of course, you’ll enjoy greatly the twists in the plot in between hot scenes and kinky situations until all get a unique HEA as only an assassin’s book can have. Even with all the misunderstandings, intrigues and action featured in the book, this is really a low angst, romantic tale of a long lost love found again. Great reading!! This is my honest opinion.

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I really enjoyed reading this smoldering story. Yoshi and Dmitiry are explosive together and their scenes made me way to hot! Two highly trained and fit men to drool over This book has BDSM and kink. While not everything was my flavor of excitement, it wasnt a turn off. I am anxiously awaiting the second book.

AG Carothers is a new author to me. The style of writing is what hooked me. There are no overly descriptive platitudes. Every word is to the point and not wasted. It’s intelligently written, heavy on plot and character depth. Just the way I like my books. There’s no skimming in this book. I read every single word. So what’s T.A.G. You’re Seen about? Briefly it’s about an agent of T.A.G. ‘The Assassins’ Guild’ who’s sent out on what should be an easy assignment. But then nothing in this book is easy. There is more than meets the eye when it comes to the “mark” this agent is hired to surveil. We get suspense which leads us to subterfuge that’s laced with humor and kink. Hot and erotic kink. Painfully sexy as a matter of fact. It had me doing my heavy breathing exercises if you know what I mean. If you like to ask questions and follow bread crumbs only to be led down a path past the big bad wolf and into a maze of who, what and why, then this is the book for you. It had me at times feeling anxious, which morphed into chuckling then had me fanning the flames of lust...oh the release. This five star book has me primed and ready for round two. I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book.

This is a story that has more twists and turns in it than the roads in my hometown. From the very beginning, we are treated to kinky sex, secrets, a assassin and his target and it just gets more twisted. We meet a man who strong and very capable of killing and only twenty two, killing his first mark when he is thirteen. We meet the mark who is much more than he appears and the brother of the killers heart. Yoshi is sent to kill his mark, but things dont seem right and he gets backup from his beloved brother, Connor. Now Jacob, the mark, sets red flags off in Yoshis head. He is determined to find out more about Jacob. The ending is surprising and is mostly an HEA. I think anyone who is into intense, twists and turns, espionage, secrets, and assassins will love this book.

A.G Carother has delivered a story that is creative, original, funny, and down right sexy. I was captivated from the very beginning. The character and story building in this book is fantastic. I love the side of mystery this story brings. I thought I knew what was going to happens only to be thrown another unexpected twist. Their world may seem crazy and wrong, but to them it is normal this added complexity to the story that took me by surprise. Looking forward to see what is to come for this series.

Thank you for the ARC read, I voluntarily give this book an honest review. Being sent to assassinate the poor professor in a little town college had Yoshi wondering what was really going on. Who would put target on this guy? The older male he was watching fit all his kink factors. Will he be able to complete his mission or fail? he has been Lusting after the man was a bad idea but talking to the man was worse. Finding out the mark was? This book was new unique take on assassin guilds. With bdsm kinks of self restraints themes I cant wait for book two after the cliffhanger ending.

This was one fantastic, off-the-wall, super kinky, wild crazy, intense, hilarious, fascinating, grab-you-by-the-feels, naughty, wacky, delightfully decadent, deliciously dark, definitely different, and totally awesome walk on the wild side. It had me hooked from beginning to end, and I cant wait to see what happens next. Please pay attention to the trigger warnings, this unconventional book is not for everyone.

This audiobook was not what I expected based on the title and blurb, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Yoshi has been part of The Assassins Guild for his entire life. Mr. H, the man who killed Yoshis parents, refused to kill Yoshi as a baby and instead adopted him into the Guild and raised him as his own son. Though it may seem strange, Yoshi loves Mr. H and holds no resentment towards him about his parents deaths. I had a hard time connecting to Yoshi in the beginning of the book because I couldnt figure out how seriously to take him as a character. Once I learned a bit more about him and got to listen to his stories about growing up with assassins, I felt more invested in his story. The unbelievable outcome of his 100th assignment was hilarious to me. The book picks up at the beginning of Yoshis Assignment #101. His mission is to kill a college professor in a small mountain town. What seems like an easy assignment gets derailed by Yoshis suspicions that the professor is not who he appears to be. Once Yoshi started setting up surveillance and trailing the professor, the story lost me for a bit. I didnt fully understand why Yoshi was so intent on kidnapping the professor instead of just completing his mission. I think I missed a lot of foreshadowing while I was confused, so Dmitrys big reveal was wasted on me. I wish I had more background on Dmitry before his reappearance so that I could have been more emotionally invested in their reunion. Instead, their first sexual encounter felt a lot like insta-love because I thought these two had just met and were already deeply emotionally connected to each other. Thankfully, it didnt take much longer to get some context and everything started to make sense again. Speaking of Dmitry, I felt like his character development happened in a strange order. I first found out about this guy faking his death and refusing to consider a relationship with Yoshi because they have an age gap. Without the context that happened much later in the story, his actions came across in a weird way and I didnt like him very much. Sure, its a good thing that he didnt have sex with a 16 year old, but faking your death and fleeing the country is not an appropriate response! Once I did get some of Dmitrys backstory, his actions were more relatable, though I am tired of reading books where the older man thinks his younger partner deserves someone his own age, whos less jaded, etc. etc. In sum, while this book took me on a long, winding journey, I did enjoy the story in the end. The side characters (Connor, Enrique, Alexei, Nigel) were amazing and I really hope they get their own stories. Though I would definitely classify this as a romance, it was fluffier than I expected for a book about assassins and BDSM relationships. There really isnt much on-page violence or intense sex at all. In terms of the narrator, I was very impressed with the different characters and accents he was able to do. His Russian accent was particularly sexy, and the way he narrated the sex scenes was amazing. I thought he did an incredible job bringing these people to life, and Im looking forward to reading more books that he has narrated. **I received an audiobook in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.