Early Review: Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

Grave Mercy 
(His Fair Assassin 1) 
Author: Robin LaFevers 
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012 
Genre: YA Historical Fantasy 
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Overview

Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf?

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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“Otieno,” I said abruptly. “What would you have done if you had come here but I did not change my mund and agree to go with you?”

“Gagged you, thrown you over my shoulder, and taken you anyway,” he said promptly. “I have some ropes braided around my waist. Actually, I do not know whether to be relieved or disappointed that it is not necessary.”