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Mortal Heart - Review

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Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin #3) By: Robin LaFevers Published: November 4, 2014 by HMH Books for Young Readers  464 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: 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 worst 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. She has spent her whole life training to be an assassin. Just because the convent has changed its mind doesn't mean she has. MY REVIEW: If you've read my reviews for books one and two , then you'll know I've wondered often what was going on with Annith. She, along with Ismae and Sybella, are the closest of friends from the convent and Annith is the only one of...

Teaser Tuesday #82: Mortal Heart

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly post hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along. Just go HERE to learn how to participate. This week my teasers come from  Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin #3) by Robin LaFevers: Teasers: "If you wanted them watching you, they are," he whispers in my ear. "Every move, every breath that passes your lips, has their full attention." (Loc 32%, Loc 1795 of 5647) What are you reading this week? Share a teaser with me!

Teaser Tuesday #81: Mortal Heart

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly post hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along. Just go HERE to learn how to participate. This week my teasers come from  Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin #3) by Robin LaFevers: Teasers: As I do, the night breeze shifts, bringing with it an eddy of cold air from the barrow that feels as if it reaches out to caress my face. In that moment, I am certain He has heard me. (Loc 641 of 5647, 12%) What are you reading this week? Share a teaser with me!

*ARC* Dark Triumph - Review

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Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin #2) By: Robin LaFevers Published: April 2, 2013 by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children 405 pages Source: Netgalley ARC from Publisher (THANKS!) ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: When Sybella arrived at the doorstep of St Mortain half mad with grief and despair the convent were only too happy to offer her refuge - but at a price. The sisters of this convent serve Death, and with Sybella naturally skilled in both the arts of death and seduction, she could become one of their most dangerous weapons. But her assassin's skills are little comfort when the convent returns her to the life that nearly drove her mad. Her father's rage and brutality are terrifying, and her brother's love is equally monstrous. But when Sybella discovers an unexpected ally she discovers that a daughter of Death may find something other than vengeance to live for...   MY REVIEW: Oh. My. Goodness! This book was everything I look for in a favorite story! ...

Grave Mercy - Review

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Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin #1) By: Robin LaFevers Published: April 3, 2012 by HMH Books for Young Readers 576 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf? Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts—and a violent destiny. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassin and serve as a handmaiden to Death. To claim her new life, she must destroy the lives of others. 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. For how can she deliver Death’s vengeance upon a target who, again...

Teaser Tuesday #76: Dark Triumph

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly post hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along. Just go HERE to learn how to participate. This week my teasers come from  Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin #2) by Robin LaFevers: Teasers: He is perhaps even better at it than I am, and yet for all that, he feels as bright and golden as a lion who roars in the face of his enemies and stalks them in broad daylight. Whereas I - I am a dark panther, slinking unseen among the shadows, silent and deadly. What are you reading this week? Share a teaser with me!