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A review by kayteaface
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
5.0
I absolutely adored this! The plot was intriguing and very unusual, and the setting and time period were both really interesting. I've never been one for politics and plots to overthrow royalty and whatnot, but this story had me hooked. I think this was a great first book to begin my foray into historical fiction genre! I'm dying to read more of whatever LeFevers releases in this series as I found her prose and this world she's set up to be fantastic.
I must say that the characters were fabulous, too. I took to Ismae right off the bat. Lately, I've been not digging the protagonists I've been reading about so it was a nice change to actually take an interest in a strong female lead character who knows how to handle herself and is a complete BAMF with some wicked assassination skills; plus her main priority isn't fawning over males so she earns extra kudos for that.
I also really liked Duval once I got used to him. I was a little wary~ at first, but he eventually grew on me :') I really do hope we get a glimpse of them in later books to see where they've ended up!
I must say that the characters were fabulous, too. I took to Ismae right off the bat. Lately, I've been not digging the protagonists I've been reading about so it was a nice change to actually take an interest in a strong female lead character who knows how to handle herself and is a complete BAMF with some wicked assassination skills; plus her main priority isn't fawning over males so she earns extra kudos for that.
I also really liked Duval once I got used to him. I was a little wary~ at first, but he eventually grew on me :') I really do hope we get a glimpse of them in later books to see where they've ended up!