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lady-sybella · 11 months

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—Mortal Heart, Robin LaFevers

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elliepassmore · 7 months

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Grave Mercy review

4/5 stars Recommended if you like: fantasy, Medieval fantasy, assassins, political intrigue TW child marriage, assault/abuse, attempted SA I first read this when I was 13 and haven't read it since, so it was a shock to go back and realize just how young Ismae is when the book opens. I do think LaFevers could've done to age her up a little (and Sybella in her book). Even 15 or 16 would be better (still bad, but better). Luckily, Ismae is only 13/14 for the first chapter or so, after which she's 17, though at times she reads older. I really like the concept of a convent for assassins. There are so many intriguing possibilities there and we get glimpses of the lessons Ismae and her peers get in fighting, poisoning, and seduction. While we spend only a brief time at the convent, I'm definitely intrigued by the goings-on there and wish the book explored that setting a bit more. The reasoning behind certain things in this book is a little confusing for me and I wish there was a more thought-out explanation. The convent trains assassins who are fiercely loyal to Brittany and their young duchess, which is fine and good, but then it's cloaked in this idea that Mortain wants them to be patriotic because keeping Brittany independent keeps him alive since the French would stamp out their religious practices. I can understand one position, protect the duchess and Brittany as a whole, or the other, serve Mortain, but the way they were combined is a little weird to me. I mean it does make sense, but the way it's been put together just doesn't quite fit. That being said, I loved seeing Ismae put her training and abilities to use. As a novitiate about to be ordained, Ismae is only just coming into a lot of her Mortain-gifted skills, such as the ability to read souls and see the marque of death. As a result, we get to learn a lot alongside Ismae as she goes through trial and error on her mission and discovers that some of her abilities are more complex than she, and the convent, initially thought. I also liked reading about Ismae's assassin skills and think she does a good job keeping it subtle while still managing to get the job done. Ismae herself is determined to do her job protecting the duchess and Brittany. She's a good assassin and is able to put her skills to multiple uses, from actually killing people to snooping to soothing a sick child. What perhaps stands out the most is her intense loyalty to Duchess Anne and to her sisters in arms. Despite being raised in an abusive household, then sent to a loving convent of assassins, Ismae has a gentle soul and wants to see justice done. Duvall is a mirror to Ismae, though not an assassin, and is equally, if not more so, dedicated to keeping Duchess Anne safe and Brittany independent. He comes off as pretty gruff at first, for good reason, and he's infinitely suspicious of Ismae when they first get paired together. As the book goes on, however, it's clear that his suspicion and gruffness are just the surface and underneath he has clear love for the young duchess and his other friends. Duval is a strategist and I enjoyed the scenes where he's laying out plans or trying to puzzle something out. The romantic pairing in this book is, obviously, Ismae and Duval. There is insta-lust going on there, but at least it takes them most of the book to get together, which is at least a few months. Ismae is skittish due to her past, busy trying to protect Anne, and has her duties to the convent, which does keep a lot of the romance at bay, but I do like the two of them together and think they work well. There are a lot of court politics going on in this book. Ismae spends the majority of it in Rennes with Anne and Duval, where there are schemes upon schemes. The French are hovering at the borders and Anne desperately needs to make a marriage match in order to secure troops. On top of that, the chancellors of the Privy Council have their own agendas, only some of which map onto what Anne wants/needs. There are a lot of layers to unravel here and schemes within schemes. I enjoyed reading about the politics and trying to figure out what was going to happen next. Overall, I enjoyed this read and loved reading about Ismae again. I think Ismae could've been aged up a bit without impacting the story, especially since she often reads as older than she is, but I still enjoyed the politicking.

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ecoamerica · 22 days

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bookcoversonly · 1 year

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Title: Grave Mercy | Author: Robin LaFevers | Publisher: Clarion Books (2018)

#books #Grave Mercy #Robin LaFevers

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fated-mates · 2 years

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S03.52: Assassins and Hitmen in Romance Interstitial

Surprising absolutely no one, we love an assassin here at Fated Mates! We basically love any character who has been through the wringer and also can kill a man fourteen different ways before dinner. Even better if it’s a heroine, and she’s been hired to kill the hero (or vice versa). Anyway, we’re talking about why these books (and so! many! movies!) scratch that particular itch for us.

Spoiler: It’s beautiful people blowing things up, obvi.

#eve langlais #nana malone #robin lafevers #ilona andrews #assasins #hitmen #Spotify

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tiktoksinspo · 2 years

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Book Recommendations based on your favorite color:

Purple: Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

Black: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Orange: Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim

Yellow: Courting Darkness by Robin Lafevers

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petiteblasee · 2 years

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𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭: "𝐎 𝐂𝐥𝐚̃ 𝐝𝐚𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐬" - 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬.

"Você serve a um Deus sombrio, filha, mas lembre-se: Ele não é desprovido de misericórdia."

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annafromuni · 16 days

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Let Death's Assassins Thrive in Robin LaFevers's Grave Mercy

I read this many moons ago but there is something that’s calling me to reread the His Fair Assassin trilogy. Robin LaFevers’s Grave Mercy is a historical fiction young adult fantasy novel rife with political tensions. In a time when women had no autonomy, Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, a convent where…

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nyxluvsuxo · 1 year

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Dark Triumph

Rating: 10/10! ★★★★★

LaFevers does an OUTSTANDING job narrating and detailing the events of the life of Lady Sybella. I absolutely recommend this book. Trigger Warnings: talk of r/pe, SA, mild talk g0re and bl00d, some intimacy. I will say this is definitely a 17+ book.

#booklr #robin lafevers #bookworm #reading #chapter books #book blog

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pathologicalreid · 7 days

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what are your favorite books??

this is an incredibly difficult question. it depends on who's asking.

if im talking to like. a normal person. then i usually say something along the lines of alias grace by margaret atwood or the haunting of hill house by shirley jackson. i love both of them so dearly.

BUT if i'm talking to. someone who wouldn't judge me (i.e. the people of tumblr) i'd say the percy jackson series, the sky is everywhere by jandy nelson, or like. grave mercy by robin lafevers.

#i have too many to choose from #margot's asks #nereidprinc3ss

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displayheartcode · 1 year

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hello! i see u have a lot of book recs so i thought id ask if you have an political fantasies (court intigue, preferably ya) recs... its a very niche genre ik lol but something like the folk of the air series / house of the dragon vibes

otherwise, book recs where the main character is ambitious + morally grey? doesnt matter genre (think kaz brekker, thomas shelby, jude duarte vibes) once again, specific but im in such a reading slump rn lol

I get what you mean!

Here are some fantasy books that are heavy in politics – and moral ambiguity! Happy reading!

*Please check content warnings for several of these books beforehand*

YA

The Fever King by Victoria Lee

The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski

White Cat by Holly Black

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

This Brilliant Death by AR Capetta

Flamecaster by Cinda Williams Chima

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Three Dark Crowns by Kendra Blake

Grave Mercy by Robin Lafevers

The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Truthwitch by Susan Dennard

The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen

Crossover Appeal

Bonds of Brass by Emily Skrutskie

Babel by RF Kuang

The Queen's Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

#who is spiderman #anyone else need recs?#please feel free to add!

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historical-mg-ya · 1 year

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Favorite 2010s book or series

#polls #young adult #historical young adult #booklr #bookblr #if your fave isn't on here there are only 10 options or it belongs to the 2000s

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ecoamerica · 22 days

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lady-sybella · 9 months

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ISMAE RIENNE

Grave Mercy, Robin Lafevers

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incognit0slut · 3 months

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book recommendations? say less

between shades of gray by ruta sepetys (historical fiction) - really great book about what was happening in Lithuania during WW2

the scorpio races by maggie steifvater (fantasy) - the scorpio races are based on the mythology of these murderous water horses, and the races happen every year on this fictional island

an ember in the ashes by sabaa tahir (fantasy) - brutal fantasy world inspired by ancient rome where the fmc becomes a spy within the military academy in order to save her brother

grave mercy by robin lafevers (historical fantasy) - about this group of girls who were raised as assassins to serve the god of death (set in the 15th century)

the haunting of hill house by shirley jackson (classic) - a very digestible classic based on a psychology experiment inside a haunted house

i'll give you the sun by jandy nelson (contemporary) - follows twins jude and noah as they were at thirteen (inseparable) and sixteen (barely speaking)

hopefully some of these spark your interest, I very much enjoyed all of them

Thank you so much I haven't read any of them, they sound interesting!! So excited to add these to my tbr <3

#book reccs

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bookcoversonly · 10 months

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