Welcome to another WWW Wednesday. This weekly meme is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. To play along just answer three questions.
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?
What I am currently reading:
The Girl in the Clockwork Collar by Kady Cross
What I recently finished:
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers (read my review!)
What I plan to read next:
The Fate of the Muse by Derrolyn Anderson
Happy Reading!!
Title: Grave Mercy
Author: Robin LaFevers
Publisher: Houghton Miffin Harcourt
Pub. Date: April 2012
ISBN-13: 9780547628349
Synopsis (from Goodreads): 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, against her will, has stolen her heart?
My Take: In a sense this is a coming of age type of story. Ismae starts off as an outcast. Shunned by first her father, than her husband. Before she knows it she is smuggled to the convent of St. Mortain to start a new life.
And then there is Duval, a handsome duke and a possible target for Ismae. Someone that she hopes is not. She is ordered to stay close to him and to watch not only those around him but Duval as well. An order that turns out to be difficult to follow but for reasons that Ismae did not expect.
I enjoyed reading Ismae’s story and the path she took to grow into her own person. Her story is full of intrigue with each character plotting their own tangled webs of deceptions and alliances.
The first book of the His Fair Assassin series, Grave Mercy, is a historical spy novel, full of assassinations, twists and turns, and a dash of budding romance, making it a fantastic read.
My Rating: 4/5
Hello and welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday!
I’ve been so busy lately, I’ve gotten behind in posting. But I’m back now! I also haven’t been reading too much lately, at least not stuff for review or even pleasure. Anyway, enough about my woes!
WWW Wednesday is a meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. To play along, answer three questions:
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?
What I am Currently Reading
The Girl in the Clockwork Collar by Kady Cross
What I Recently Finished
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
What I Plan to Read Next
The Fate of the Muse by Derrolyn Anderson
Hello! Welcome to the last WWW Wednesday of March 2012. This weekly meme is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. To play along just answer these three questions:
I am currently reading:
Still working on Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers. I’m getting close to the end and the book is wonderful. I think I will be finished by this weekend.
What I recently finished:
Nothing!
Next I plan to read:
As I’ve said the past couple of weeks, next up is The Girl in the Clockwork Collar by Kady Cross!
Hello and welcome to this week’s In My Mailbox. IMM is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren.
During the past week, I received a lovely email from Derrolyn Anderson, the author of the Marina’s Tales series. Ms. Anderson offered me books Three and Four since I’ve read and reviewed books One and Two already.
The third book of the series is The Fate of the Muse and book four is The Turning Tides. I can’t wait to read them!
