Wow! I just finished this book a night or two ago and wow! We love a book that sets up the next one in a series….Honestly, it was a great read for me but I do get a little frustrated when it feels like the whole book is just the lead up to another book. That being said, this book was absolutely action packed! There are queens and assassins and ambushes and prisoners and a little bit of history! This book is actually the fourth in a series by LaFevers and I have thoroughly enjoyed both this book and the preceding novels.

LaFevers recreates Brittany during the war torn years before it merged with the larger state of France. The main characters, Sybella and Genevieve are daughters of death in a literal sense that the Breton god of Death is their actual father but they’ve also been schooled in the killing arts. Honestly, this book is absolutely classic Young Adult fiction and I absolutely devoured it. Sybella is definitely my favorite character of the book, she had her stand alone novel as the second in the series but she is no less a delight to follow in this novel. I also find her character highly relatable and wish that I had her AMAZING skills. I would recommend this novel and series to a reader on the older end of the young adult reading spectrum, probably no one younger than 15 as there is some content of a sexual and adult nature. That being said, I did start the series when I was slightly younger than 15 so who am I to say anything about it. I hope that you enjoy LaFevers’ work just as much as I did, there’s really nothing like diving into the rich world of Brittany and the complex female characters that populate this series.