4 Stars!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟 “We are all of us, gods and mortals, made up of many pieces, some of them broken, some of them scarred, but none of them the total sum of who we are.” This was my favorite of the series I think.... LaFevers did an amazing job with this last installment. In this book we follow Annith, like her sisters, she has been trained to be Mortain's assassin. We know from the previous books that the Abbess wants her to be the new Seeress. Annith is not having it though. She has always wan

...forever sequestered in the rock and stone womb of the convent. Oh man, BRAVO on a gorgeous shivery blurb, HMH! *wants*

I felt sorry for Annith for a good part of the book. All she wanted was to go out and do her duty and serve Death (Mortain) but she has been kept at the convent. She can't understand why, as the best assassin they have, that she is being kept and not sent out on missions. Yeah, I never saw that reason coming, not for a long shot. Annith misses Ismae and Sybella from the first two books so much and she can't understand why she is still at the convent and not helping them. I already said that, but...

DNF 50%. Morthain saves me from the boredom, please. Annith is no Sybella, I don't care about the big reveals whatsoever, and the writing is so freaking dull and dry that even the action parts drag on. I guess I will never know what the fuss what about. Oh well.France : 0 - Brittany : 1I give up.

3.5 stars “If Death could grant you a wish, you would use it for someone else? Trade your happiness for someone else's?” As I always do with my 3 star reviews, I maintain that just because I rated a book 3 stars does not mean I didn't like it/it isn't good. I enjoyed this book, but not as much as the two books before it. Therefore, 3 stars. I truly believe that Robin LaFevers has brought something special to the young adult genre with her His Fair Assassin trilogy. I can't recall a hist

One of the things that I have liked so much about the His Fair Assassins series, besides the Assassin Nuns of course is the blending of completely fictionalized characters with actual historical events. The time lines are not exact but the major events and characters are. Grave Mercy was more of a political intrigue, Dark Triumph an Adventure and now Mortal Heart is more of a Fantasy and love story. This book is far more invested into the lore of the gods Mortain in particular but the other Nine...

***Review posted on The Eater of Books! blog***Mortal Heart by Robin LaFeversBook Three of the His Fair Assassins seriesPublisher: HMH Books for Young ReadersPublication Date: November 4, 2014Rating: 4 starsSource: ARC sent by the publisherSummary (from 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 b...

How the hell is there already 30 ratings?!!!!!!! The book hasn't even been written yet, not least published!!Crazy, I tell you, crazy.There's already one annoyingly-cheerful psychic in Twilight, we don't need another to foretell what Mortal Heart's going to turn out like. I'm happy in my ignorance and I'm still going to read it, because hell I love this trilogy.Judge it after you read it.In the meanwhile, I'm going to be suffering from withdrawal until 2014. I think I'll live...possibly...maybe....

If you have not read the HIS FAIR ASSASSIN books, just do it now. Drop everything and begin with GRAVE MERCY and do not stop until you've reached the last page of MORTAL HEART. These are some of the best books I have ever read.

3.5 stars. When Grave Mercy first came out, it polarized opinions and caused some very heated discussions. Some felt that it focused too hard on the romance and others were disappointed by the number of deaths these killer nuns inflicted. Some, on the other hand, felt that it achieved a perfect balance between court politics, murder and romance. I myself was an immediately fell in love with the characters, all the court intrigue and the beautiful historical setting. Dark Triumph further confirme...

I love Robin LaFevers's work--such a cool mingling of history and fantasy and romance. I'm sorry the assassin nun trilogy is coming to an end.

I'm on a roll with assassins!!!I can’t even start with how much I love Mortal Heart. This is my favorite book in the series. I love it even more than Dark Triumph. The characters are fabulous.I’m in love with Annith. I’m in love with Balthazar. I’m in love with Death. I’m in love with Sybella. I think you get the general idea.The antagonists are believable and even though it is easy to hate them, it’s also hard not to sympathize with them. The plot and twists and turns are awesome. Can’t give an...

Review posted at Ja čitam, a ti? One of the biggest surprises for me this year was discovery of absolutely amazing His Fair Assassin trilogy by Robin LaFevers. I am not the biggest fan of fantasy novels and even less of historical setting, but I picked these books up by sheer luck. Best decision ever because stories about Ismae and Sybella have everything that I love - great premise, strong female characters, political intrigue and enough of romance to make everything interesting. I was sca...

Re-read 2021 review:Downranking it to a 3 star upon rereading, because while I still enjoy the romance, there's a lot of contrivances happening all the time and several elements of the story that don't make sense. Also the fact that there is maybe one action scene made the book kind of a slog to get through (it is 500 pages after all). I would still recommend this series to lovers of fantasy romance, but the magic was unfortunately kind of lost to me when I reread it.Read 2020 review:4.5This is

*4/5 stars* “We are all of us, gods and mortals, made up of many pieces, some of them broken, some of them scarred, but none of them the total sum of who we are.” Mortal Heart, the last book from His Fair Assassin trilogy is a great conclusion to the His Fair Assassin trilogy, although in comparison to the other two novels, my least favourite. Wich is not to say I didn't enjoy it, I simply wasn't as in love with it - and the main heorine - as in the first two books.The story is heavier on rom...

2015 F.A.B. Bookclub pick # I.❤️. F.A.B.

To be frank, I don't have much to say about Mortal Heart. It's a satisfactory ending to LaFevers debut trilogy--and wraps up all the loose ends nicely--but as far as being Annith's story, I felt it lacking. Perhaps it's simply because Annith isn't as strong a force to be reckoned with as Sybella. It's not that Annith isn't a formidable assassin--because she is--and her force of will is to be respected as she struggles to find the truth within her beloved abbey. Yet, she doesn't possess Sybella o...

3.5 starsNot a bad finish for this trilogy, but it was a bit too long for my taste. There just wasn't enough action to keep me interested in this 444 page book. By the 60% mark, I was checking in earnest to see how much longer till Mortal Heart wrapped up.It wasn't boring, per say, it just got kinda draggy. Also, I had already figured out the 3 Big Reveals, and I was sort of just waiting on the end of the book for confirmation.Pssst. I was right about all of them.And, you know, that's just a bum...

I dont want this to be the end,but it is and its beautiful. The final book in this marvellous trilogy was far more than i anticipated. The story took such a different and weird turn,and at some point you're just left looking at the void and thinking 'WOW,I did NOT see this coming.' Annith reminded me so much of Rapunzel,and her ferocity and stubbornness to be what she wanted to be and live how she wanted to live, led her ,in the end, to her happy ending. I just.. LOVE LOVE LOVE her story. Don't