The magical/fantasy elements of this book were really enthralling. I definitely respect the imagination and creativity that the author has. I am always gobbling up unique subject matter. I’d never heard of anything like this, so I was incredibly excited. And she lives in a convent of nuns who are “called” to do the same thing! She gets trained to kill in numerous different ways (and in “womanly arts”… seriously? Hilarious term.) and is then sent out on missions to serve his will. I loved the idea of this book! Ismae, a daughter of Death, was saved from the attempt on her life while she was still in her mother and has now grown up to be one of his (Death’s) assassins. As always, my main points are bolded to accommodate the skimmers out there like me!ġ. I was a little disappointed in it, and it took me forever to read it. Unfortunately, my review will not match the bulk of the reviews out there for Grave Mercy. Oh, the buzz around the blogosphere regarding this book is so loud that one can hardly focus on anything else! I have read amazing reviews for this book, and when Netgalley had an exclusive promo going for it, I snatched it up without even thinking about it. For how can she deliver Death’s vengeance upon a target who, against her will, has stolen her heart? Ismae’s most important assignment takes her straight into the high court of Brittany-where she finds herself woefully under prepared-not only for the deadly games of intrigue and treason, but for the impossible choices she must make. To claim her new life, she must destroy the lives of others. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassin and serve as a handmaiden to Death.

Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts-and a violent destiny.

Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf? Genres: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Paranormal Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on April 3, 2012

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