author: Robin LaFevers
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2015/01/24
date added: 2015/01/24
shelves: young-adult
review:
'Grave Mercy' is the first part of a new series by Robin LaFevers. You only had to say assassin nuns and I was in.
Ismae's only hope to escape from an abusive father is in an arranged marriage, or so she thinks. When her new husband proves himself to be as brutal (or moreso) than her father, she is miraculously taken away to a new life. She finds herself in service to a god of death known as St. Mortain. She learns the ways of deathdealing and how to only kill victims that bear the mark of Mortain. Before she is fully ready, she is sent out on her first mission, which has political ramifications for her people against an invading France. She is charged with protecting a young duchess while trying not to get too involved with her handsome brother. She is in a world she has never known, and surrounded by treacherous people. Will Mortain guide her hand true to save the life of the duchess?
I really liked this book. It moves along briskly. Ismae is a likeable enough character and prone to mistakes. It's YA, so it's got the romance angle which doesn't usually appeal as much to me, but it wasn't cloyingly annoying here. Ismae remains strong and independent throughout. I liked the sort of alternate medieval setting with it's strange gods. I understand the next books are told from a different character's perspective, but I think I'm ok with that.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this really good ebook.
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