First book review, EVER. Bear with me.
Author: Robin LaFevers
Publication Date:November 4th, 2014
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
444 pages.
Acquired: Chapters Bookstores
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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| The Tagline on my edition of the book, The Wicked Will Know Her. |
Annith has watched her gifted sisters at the convent come and go, carrying out their dark dealings in the name of St. Mortain, patiently awaiting her own turn to serve Death. But her worse fears are realized when she discovers she is being groomed by the abbess as a seeress, to be forever sequestered in the rock and stone womb of the convent. Feeling sorely betrayed, Annith decides to strike out on her own. But across Brittany, the tides of war are drawing ever nearer, with France pressuring the beleaguered duchess from all sides. Annith's search for answers threatens to rip open an intricate web of lies and deceit that sits at the center of the convent she serves. Yet to expose them threatens the very fabric of her existence and an unforeseen chance at love that she can no longer deny. Annith must carefully pick a path and, gods willing, effect a miracle that will see her country - and her heart - to safety.
This BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN book by Mrs. Robin LaFevers is the third in the trilogy titled His Fair Assassins. The first in the trilogy is Grave Mercy and is about Ismae. The second, Dark Triumph is Sybella's story, and the third of course, details Annith's tale and is aptly named Mortal Heart. I definitely recommend the first two books in the trilogy; LaFevers writes a phenomenal trilogy with twists, heartbreak, trials and victory. Her characters are real and believable, an astounding accomplishment considering that they are nuns handmaidens to death himself.
As is their role for their pagan god Mortain, the god of death, they execute his will through assassinating all those wicked and evil who he deems unworthy of life.
Throughout their time in the books, the three girls encounter steamy romance and book-gripping adventure. In Dark Triumph and Mortal Heart I cried like a baby. For instance;
When reading this...
I looked like this...
and crying commenced around Chapter 40 like this...
and I cried and took the dust jacket off so not to ruin it like this...
and was left with feels that made me finally look like this.
His Fair Assassins Trilogy is a perfect follow up book for any lovers of Kristen Cashore's Bitterblue, Graceling, or Fire. Also great accompanying books for anything by Tamora Pierce and Leigh Bardugo.
Happy Reading!
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