❐ Overall Rating 4¼⭐ | Narration 😁 = Very Good❐ Narrated by Angela Goethals & Suzy Jackson❐ Listening Length: 17H 33M❐ Courting Darkness Duology #1 (His Fair Assassin #4)❐ Starts right where Mortal Heart left off from❐ Part Fantasy/Part Medieval Historical❐ Cliffhanger Ending Told in alternating POV’s between Sybella, who we know from the OG trilogy (His Fair Assassin), and from a new character Genevieve. Genevieve has also been trained as an assassin for St. Mortain. She has been in deep cov...

I was a huge fan of the His Fair Assassin trilogy, so when I learned that there was going to be a spinoff duology, well, to say that I was thrilled would be an understatement. Courting Darkness picks up after the events from Mortal Heart and features both Sybella and Beast, two of my favorite characters! Sybella and her fellow handmaidens of Death are trying to come to terms with a world that does not include the presence that has always guided them. Now they are having to make difficult choices...

UPDATE: $2.99 Kindle US 7/2/19Read this with my lovely friend, Tammie! Did I get to reread the first trilogy that I loved before this one? No! Do I care? No! 😃So I wanted to smack Genevieve there at the end but I get to the last page and chills went down my spine!! Woot!! I was so excited to read this book because I loved the first books and Sybella and Beast!! Of course now I need to do a reread but that’s neither here nor there. Sybella is bad ass as well as Beast as well as all assassin girls...

Do my eyes deceive me or ARE THERE GOING TO BE MORE BOOKS?! I NEED AIR (also, a time machine)

Sale Alert: Kindle Deal 01Jul19 for $2.99This review was originally posted on Books of My HeartTwo Words: Assassin NunsCourting Darkness is the first book in a new duology featuring Sybella from the His Fair Assassin Series. It can be read without any prior knowledge of the previous series as Robin LaFevers brings you up to speed, but I think you miss some of the magic of the Daughters of St Mortain (God of Death) if you didn’t read the original series set in this world. The story is told from

Ok time for my review! This book definitely gets a 5/5⭐️ from me. It’s very rare that I am equally interested in more than one POV in a book, but this joins the small list of the ones I loved. (along with Anything by Sarah J Maas, The Gilded Wolves, Serpent snd Dove and a couple others) Each time a POV ended I was anxiously waiting for their chapter to come back, only to be sucked into the next persons. I never got bored or felt the need to skip pages with this story. I will admit I was a bit co...

I need me a good historical fiction

I am so sad that one of my most anticipated reads is only getting 3 stars.(update 2020: the second book totally came through, and i still highly recommend this duology)likes:✅ Sybella and Beast 💕✅ Genevieve (until that ending ::face palm::)✅ Sybella's blooming friendships, as well as her roasting the hell out of the Regent.dislikes:❎ too many bad guys (too many characters in general)❎ good guys can't catch a break❎ plot dragged out-----------------Below things are going to get spoiler-y so I am

I was told that I didn't need to read the previous trilogy to understand this one. That is just plainly not true. There is almost no world building in this book. The religions don't make sense. The characters supposedly have deep relationships even though they never talk to each other and when they do its mostly in reference to thing that happened in the previous trilogy. I kept feeling like this book was punishing me for not reading the precious trilogy. Like "oh you wanted to understand why th...

Why Genevieve Why😭Why madame why 😭WHY MRS LaFEVERS WHY 😭😭😭Ok, now with that outburst over and out of my system --No, my mind is still blown. First off - it is absolutely imperative to read the trilogy first, it is ridiculous to think otherwise. Courting Darkness picks up mere weeks after Mortal Heart ended, and you will miss ALL of the everything without the trilogy.We now follow Sybella and Beast to France for Anne of Brittany's wedding, and man is it a nest of VIPERS! The intrigue, the fightin...

WHY HAVE I ONLY HEARD OF THIS NOW?!!!

I have received this ARC from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.Now before I dive into this review, let me say that I had no idea that this was a spin off of His Fair Assassin series. Pretty sure I only ever read the first book of that series and just never found the time to actually read the rest of it. That being said, I was still pretty much pumped to dive into this book. So freaking pumped.. but then I just kind of got disappointed.In Courting Darkness you will fall in love with som...

I loved the His Fair Assassin trilogy. Maybe my expectations were too high for this especially since one of the main characters is Sybella. Her book was my favorite of the three. The POV switched between Sybella and Genevieve. The parts with Sybella were great despite much of the focus being on political maneuverings of the time.Unfortunately I found this book to be lacking in a few ways. There wasn’t a well defined plot. The Duchess of Brittany was marrying the King of France. There was a lot o...

I have to admit that I am disappointed for this continuation of this series.Here are some of my thoughts:• So first – the unpleasant part – Gen is the worst protagonist so far out of the 4 that has been shown so far. Maybe it is a disservice to let her share this book with Sybella – but I don’t think so – Sybella fucking saved this book. I find Gen’s story initially interesting – and I find her initially kindhearted and smart. Later on though, I find her contradictory and unlikable. Here, I’ll g...

I DON'T LIKE SAYING THIS... BUT I AM SLIGHTLY DISAPPOINTED✨ Popsugar Reading Challenge 2019✨ ✨✨A book that's published in 2019✨✨When I read the 'His Fair Assassin'-series I absolutely loved it! I loved the historical setting paired with fantasy settings as well as the league of female assassins raised in a convent. I mean, come on, how awesome does that sound! So when I learned that the world and the story was going to be continued in a duology I was so excited. Perhaps a little excited, because...

Sybella. Beast. French Court. Enough said.

4.5 Stars!!I have loved the His Fair Assassin trilogy since the very gruesome, action packed beginning and as the series progressed, it only seemed to get better but not only was the writing better but but as the story grew, as the characters grew, so did the very heart of the story itself. I was so sad to say goodbye to all the wonderful daughters of Death. I felt like I grew with them. Became friends with them and most of all, I cared about them and wanted to see them all happy, in whatever wa...

I AM HYPERVENTILATING. I HAVE TEARS IN MY EYES. I ALMOST SPAT OUT THE TEA I WAS DRINKING AS I CAME ACROSS THIS PAGE.OMG. ANOTHER FAIR ASSASSIN BOOK. ANOTHER...SYBELLA AND BEAST FAIR ASSASSIN BOOK. ACTUAL TEARS ARE ROLLING DOWN MY FACE AS I WRITE THIS, I'M SO ECSTATIC AND HAPPY. OH MY GOD. WHAT EVEN. I HAVE NO WORDS.PLEASE COME QUICKLY 2018, PLEASE, PLEASE, COME QUICKLY.*starts crying all over keyboard*

Fuck man!! I love this series so much and this one did not disappoint. I am so god damn excited for the sequel. LaFevers just DELIVERS!!!!! PRE-READ [Update May 2nd 2018] omg omg omg I peed my pants I LOVE THIS COVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it looks so bad ass omg omg omg omgggggggggg I cannot wait I absolutelyCANNOTWAIT[Update February 2nd 2018] I just saw that this got pushed back to February 2019 which suuucks BUT ALSO WE HAVE A TITLE COURTING DARKNESS I CAN'T BE MAD[October 8th 2017] I j...

4 Stars!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Death wasn’t the end, it was only the beginning… Before reading this- I re-read Grave Mercy and then finished off the series reading Dark Triumph and Mortal Heart. I think my favorite of the 3 was Mortal Heart, probably because it was the last in the series and everything just came together for me in that last installment. I will point out that if you have not read the first trilogy - I would not read this one until you do. I know the author says that you really dont need to re