Review: Grave Mercy

Title: Grave MercySeries: His Fair Assassin # 1Genre: Young Adult- Historical/FantasyAuthor: Robin LaFeversPublisher: Houghton Mifflin HarcourtRelease Date: April 3, 2012Book: ARC sent by publisher “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...

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