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Book Review: Red Sister (The Book Of Ancestor #1) by Mark Lawrence

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Author: Mark Lawrence
Release Date: 4th April 2017
Genre: High Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Epic Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Dystopian
Series: The Book Of Ancestor (Book #1)
Edition: E-book
Pages: 482
Publisher: Harper-Voyager
Blurb:
It’s not until you’re broken that you find your sharpest edge

“I was born for killing – the gods made me to ruin”

At the Convent of Sweet Mercy young girls are raised to be killers. In a few the old bloods show, gifting talents rarely seen since the tribes beached their ships on Abeth. Sweet Mercy hones its novices’ skills to deadly effect: it takes ten years to educate a Red Sister in the ways of blade and fist.

But even the mistresses of sword and shadow don’t truly understand what they have purchased when Nona Grey is brought to their halls as a bloodstained child of eight, falsely accused of murder: guilty of worse.

REVIEW

★★★★★

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4 responses to “Book Review: Red Sister (The Book Of Ancestor #1) by Mark Lawrence”

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    Lindsey

    Great review! I absolutely adore this trilogy so look forward to hearing what you think about the rest!

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar
      Heena Rathore P.

      Thanks a lot. I’m liking the books so far. I just started reading Holy Sister and will be done soon so hopefully will be posting the review for the rest fo the series soon too!

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    Christy J. Breedlove

    This one might be intriguing enough for me to give it a spin. Nice Review.

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    1. Heena Rathore P. Avatar
      Heena Rathore P.

      Thanks. It’s a really good series and the best part is that all the three books are pretty quick reads 🙂

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