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?
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I love YA fantasy and it’s pretty difficult nowadays to get a hold of good ones. Or at least it seems that way, with all the dystopians and paranormal romances clogging up the shelves (i'm not hating! i love a good dystopia). Grave Mercy reminds me of Finnikin of the Rock in the sense that the romance doesn’t over power things (and isn’t the main point of the book) but it still manages to be memorable and enjoyable.
And I won’t lie I really enjoyed the romance between Gavriel and Ismae. It didn’t feel forced and it didn’t happen too fast. There was meaning behind it and it just seems like everything fell into place but in a way that the author didn’t beat you over the head with it. Which is nice.
Now as for the political intrigue, it was not necessarily the most interesting or the most surprising of plots, but I enjoyed it. And of course I enjoyed the badass nuns and I’m really curious about everything going on there, especially with Sybella and even Annith, who I feel will actually get some kind of storyline in the next two books.
I’m excited for the next book and I can’t wait to see what happens with the rest of the girls. I’ll definitely be checking out the rest of the trilogy.
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