Review: Mortal Heart by Morgan LaFevers

Series: His Fair Assassin Book #1

Format:Paperback

Pages: 444

Rating: 4 Stars

How I Got It: Gift

Genre:Young Adult, Fantasy, Historical

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers

Synopsis courtesy of Goodreads

 

Annith has watched her gifted sisters at the convent come and go, carrying out their dark dealings in the name of St. Mortain, patiently awaiting her own turn to serve Death. But her worst fears are realized when she discovers she is being groomed by the abbess as a Seeress, to be forever sequestered in the rock and stone womb of the convent. Feeling sorely betrayed, Annith decides to strike out on her own.

She has spent her whole life training to be an assassin. Just because the convent has changed its mind doesn't mean she has...  

 

Review

 

Here's another book I've been putting off reading. And now that I'm writing this review. And now that I'm writing this, I don't know what to write.

 

As my rating suggests, I enjoyed this book. Annith was an interesting and compelling character. I enjoyed reading from her perspective even though the lord knows I don't like first person books. And I do like seeing more of the relationship between the three ladies.

 

The romance was fairly compelling. I won't be super spoilery, but I did figure out what I would call the mystery. I am a little conflicted about the romance between these two even though I enjoyed the chemistry between them.

 

I don't read a lot of books in this genre, but I have enjoyed them. I will continue to read Robin LaFevers books as they come into my possession.

 

Thanks for reading!

Holly