They can make the world in which they live vibrant and surrounding.

A good writer can make the protagonists come alive with in-depth characterisation. Two things are important for a good book, firstly the story has to be really good and secondly and perhaps more importantly the writing has to be excellent. When she discovers a hidden prisoner who may be of importance, she takes matters into her own hands.Īs these two worlds collide, the fate of the Duchess, Brittany, and everything Sybella and Genevieve have come to love hangs in the balance.Īlmost every book I read these days has 'New York Times bestseller ing author' along the top of it on the front cover. Genevieve has been undercover for so many years, she no longer knows who she is or what she's supposed to be fighting for. Mortain who were placed in the French court years ago. Surrounded by enemies both known and unknown, Sybella searches for the undercover assassins from the convent of St. When Sybella accompanies the Duchess to France, she expects trouble, but she isn't expecting a deadly trap. Mortain's convent deep undercover in the French court, she must use every skill in her arsenal to navigate the deadly royal politics and find her sister in arms before her time-and that of the newly crowned queen-runs out. Told in alternating perspectives, when Sybella discovers there is another trained assassin from St. 107.First in a duology, this darkly thrilling page-turner set in the world of the best-selling His Fair Assassin series is perfect for fans of THRONE OF GLASS, RED QUEEN, and GAME OF THRONES.Will they find each other in time, or will their worlds collide, destroying everything they care about? When tragedy strikes, she has no choice but to take matters into her own hands-even if it means ignoring the long awaited orders from the convent.Īs Sybella and Gen’s paths draw ever closer, the fate of everything they hold sacred rests on a knife’s edge. Her only solace is a hidden prisoner who appears all but forgotten by his guards. Genevieve has been undercover for so many years, she struggles to remember who she is or what she’s supposed to be fighting for.

Their one ray of hope is Sybella’s fellow novitiates, disguised and hidden deep in the French court years ago by the convent-provided Sybella can find them. In a desperate bid to keep her two youngest sisters safe from the family that nearly destroyed them all, she agrees to accompany the duchess to France, where they quickly find themselves surrounded by enemies. Sybella has always been the darkest of Death’s daughters, trained at the convent of Saint Mortain to serve as his justice. Death wasn’t the end, it was only the beginning…

Courting darkness by robin lafevers