Gods and goddesses, courts and courtiers, assassins and nuns! Yes, that's right, the nuns are training assassins. Ismae has escaped from a brutal marriage that was arranged by her father and has been sent away in the middle of the night to the convent of St. Mortain where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Ismae learns that the god of death has blessed her with dangerous gifts and she is chosen to protect Anne of Brittany from France. While keeping watch over the duchess, she finds a confidant in Anne's half brother Duval. Eventually the romantic tensions between the two makes Ismae realize that she should follow her own heart, instead of her loyalty to the convent. So many great characters and if you like fantasical, historical fiction this is the book for you. Grave Mercy is book one of His Fair Assassin trilogy. The next book Dark Triumph, tells the story of Sybella, one of Ismae's fellow handmaidens at the convent.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Grave Mercy/Robin LaFevers/549 pages
Gods and goddesses, courts and courtiers, assassins and nuns! Yes, that's right, the nuns are training assassins. Ismae has escaped from a brutal marriage that was arranged by her father and has been sent away in the middle of the night to the convent of St. Mortain where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Ismae learns that the god of death has blessed her with dangerous gifts and she is chosen to protect Anne of Brittany from France. While keeping watch over the duchess, she finds a confidant in Anne's half brother Duval. Eventually the romantic tensions between the two makes Ismae realize that she should follow her own heart, instead of her loyalty to the convent. So many great characters and if you like fantasical, historical fiction this is the book for you. Grave Mercy is book one of His Fair Assassin trilogy. The next book Dark Triumph, tells the story of Sybella, one of Ismae's fellow handmaidens at the convent.
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