Posted June 22, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Mortal Heart by
Robin LaFevers Series: His Fair Assassin #3 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2014)
Hardcover (444 pages)
Via: Library Rating: Also by this author: Grave Mercy,
Dark Triumph Also in this series: Grave Mercy,
Dark Triumph Reading Challenges: 2015 Finishing the Series,
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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.
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Posted June 8, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Dark Triumph by
Robin LaFevers Series: His Fair Assassin #2 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2013)
Hardcover (385 pages)
Via: Library Rating: Also by this author: Grave Mercy,
Mortal Heart Also in this series: Grave Mercy,
Mortal Heart Reading Challenges: Read 2015 Synopsis
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…
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Posted May 31, 2015 in Faith, Reading / 4 Comments
Tagged as Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge, Birthday Month Reading Challenge, Catholic, Catholic Book, Color Coded Challenge, Finishing the Series Challenge, Monthly Wrap-Up, Mythology Reading Challenge, Polish, Read 2015, Rereading Challenge, School, What's In a Name Reading Challenge, You Read How Many Books Challenge
Posted May 22, 2015 in Reading / 2 Comments
The Friday 56 is a weekly meme hosted by Freda’s Voice.
Rules
- Grab a book, any book.
- Turn to page 56 (or 56% on ebook).
- Find any sentence that grabs you.
- Post it.
- Link it at Freda’s Voice.
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Posted May 12, 2015 in Reading / 8 Comments
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly link-up hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
This week’s list is the Top Ten Authors I’d Love to Meet.
1. Kristen Britain
Kristen Britain is the author of one of my favorite books of all time,
Green Rider. I would absolutely love to meet her.
2. Marissa Meyer
I love the Lunar Chronicles so much. They are utterly amazing and Marissa Meyer must be awesome to write them.
3. Cassandra Clare
So I’ve only ever read
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare but I loved it and I will be reading the rest of the series soon.
4. Emily Wibberley
I could take this time to say how much I adore
Sacrificed and it would be completely true. Everyone should go read this awesome debut by this awesome author.
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