Assistant to the Villain leans into workplace comedy, magical chaos, and a very specific kind of romance tension. Evie is trying to survive an absurdly dangerous job, and the joke of the book is that the job keeps getting more dangerous while her feelings get less manageable. Maehrer keeps the tone light enough to move quickly, but the story still has enough plot to keep the setup from feeling like a gimmick.
It is playful, readable, and built around a simple pleasure: watching the assistant slowly realize the villain’s office is a disaster in a cape.