Grave Mercy: Robin Lafevers (His Fair Assassin) - Softcover

Lafevers, Robin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0544022491 ISBN 13: 9780544022492

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-01-08 Pages: 566 Language: English Publisher: Graphia Books Young. beautiful and deadly.Trained as an assassin by the god of Death. Ismae is sent to the court of Brittany. where she finds herself underprepared - not only for the games of intrigue and treason. but for the impossible choices she must make.For how can she deliver Deaths vengeance upon a target who. against her will. has stolen her heartA dangerous romance full of intrigue. poison and ultimately finding ones way.

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Review:

A Kirkus Best Teen Book of 2012(star) "With characters that will inspire the imagination, a plot that nods to history while defying accuracy, and a love story that promises more in the second book, this is sure to attract feminist readers and romantics alike."--Booklist, starred review

(star) "Fiction and history coalesce in a rich, ripping tale of assassinations, political intrigue and religion in 15th-century Brittany. ...LaFevers' ambitious tapestry includes poison and treason and murder, valor and honor and slow love, suspense and sexuality and mercy. A page-turner--with grace." --Kirkus, starred review (star) "Rich in historical detail, well-realized characters, political machinations, and enticingly prickly scenes between Ismae and Duval, LaFevers's complex tale incorporates magic both sparingly and subtly. This powerful first volume of the His Fair Assassin series should attract many readers."--Publishers Weekly, starred review (star) "The book is well written and filled with fascinating, complex characters who function realistically in this invented medieval world."--School Library Journal, starred review "Readers will immediately warm to Ismae's determination to think for herself despite the powerfl influences of multiple others."--Bulletin "LaFevers is an artful storyteller who has created a strong lead character....The tale is one of scheming nobles, political subterfuge, murder, and romance--all of the best aspects of a good read. And like any good mystery, the plot is unpredictable." --VOYA

Book Description:

Why be the hunted, when you can be the hunter?

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0544022491
• ISBN 13: 9780544022492
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 566