But I picked the first book as a reread for this month because the final one, Mortal Heart, is due out November 4, the same day as Waistcoats & Weaponry.
So confession time, I read the first two books in the LaFevers’s YA His Fair Assassin Trilogy: Grave Mercy and Dark Triumph some time ago. Close accepting friendship between girls and women, betrayal by adult role models. The writing: rich period color, first person perspective, strong voice, some graphic violence, modest sex scenes, excellent heroic counterparts, complex politics. “In truth, I have never flashed so much as an ankle before, but I am sorely vexed at being treated like a temptress when all I feel is bruised and broken.” ~ Robin LaFevers, Grave Mercy Each is then sent from the convent into the politics of late 1400s Brittany where they find self confidence through love, purpose, and place in society. The series premise: three girls from difference backgrounds are deemed daughters of death and taken in to a mysterious convent where they are trained as assassins, called death’s handmaidens.
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