One aspect I found a little disappointing was the relationship between Ismae and Duval that finally we can witness, but it is there, in the air.

Only the interests of the population will be what dominate in the story and they will make us realize the maturity that the future twelve-year-old duchess shows. The story focuses on the future reign of Anne, Duval's sister, in the duchy of Britanny and how the suitors to marry her fight for her and, specially, for the power. My favourite characters have been Madame Hivern and her son, François, who at the beginning of the story showed some signals of troublemakers (the argument between the family due to the crown, something typical in many books) but, in the end, they give pleasant surprises to the reader. I have enjoyed the different characters developped in the book because each and everyone of them do their duty perfectly. The reason will be a man called Duval who will stand in her way, turning the easy things, difficult to her. But her nature will split while her assignements increase. Early, she receives an assignement and she demonstrates to be a perfect pupil who follows the abess's orders without asking questions. The principal character grip us with her sad story and, how studying she gets years later, be settled in the abbey. For how can she deliver Death’s vengeance upon a target who, against her will, has stolen her heart? Ismae's most important assignment takes her straight into the high court of Brittany-where she finds herself woefully under prepared-not only for the deadly games of intrigue and treason, but for the impossible choices she must make. To claim her new life, she must destroy the lives of others. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassin and serve as a handmaiden to Death.

Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts-and a violent destiny. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. The story begins with seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. I found this story gripping and well-written.

Review It's a vibrating tale of a killer novice's adventures during the fifteen century whose abbey raise nuns as her to take care of Britanny's duchy.

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