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The weekend has arrived and I'm actually highly awaiting Tuesday next week cause it'll be my first day off since last Tuesday!
But since I work on the 3 to 10 pm shift, I'm still managing to read and keep up on the blog, more or less! To start this week's Saturday Pages I have one of my most awaited final books in a series (a trilogy in this case) and thankfully it was yet another that didn't disappoint it at!!
Also, this one has been in my list for my 2014 Series Challenge, so I'm gonna do a bit better than I expected, since I have done rather poorly with that particular challenge as of late!
Mortal Heart by Robin LaFevers
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I fell in love with the first book in this trilogy within its few first pages, and that love has only kept on growing with each book and this one was not the exception.
Mortal Heart is the story of Annith, the girl that has been at St Mortain's convent longer than anyone else, the one that helped Ismae and Sybella when they first arrived, and the one that keeps being the one left behind while her sisters are set out on missions to serve Mortain.
Annith always seemed like the perfect student, quiet, hardworking, and ready to help whenever and whatever is asked of her, but when she discovers that she is losing the freedom she always dreamed of and always trained for, she decides there's a rebel in her and leaves the convent.
I was quite surprised about the direction the book took and in a very good way! I loved seeing how the author protrayed the leyend of the Wild Hunt/Santa Compaña/Dance of the Dead and how Annith was such a fighter and so resilient, and even when she was a bit reckless, I couldn't help but continue to cheer her on!
I wasn't sure what I was expecting for Annith in terms of the romance, but for sure it wasn't Balthazaar. But boy, was I shipping this two like mad since the moment he walked into the page! It was slow on developing and exactly how it should be!
As with the previous books, there's the internal struggle and the discovery of who you are, what you want to do really, and there's the political and historical fight going on. The history lover in me continued to jump up and down in happiness with the progression of the story and some of the new things we encountered, how the world of the gods/saints was expanded...
We also get quite a few unexpected twists in this book, one of the I didn't see coming at all and literally jaw dropped when I read it "WAIT, WHAAAAT!?!" and others I wouldn't have imagined before reading the book, but started suspecting as I was reading. Still, very well mastered!
I don't think I can continue to be coherent any more... I simply adored this book and I love this series to bits. It simply seems to have everything I love so very well mixed! 5 and all the stars to Mortal Heart and to the series as a whole! READ IT NOW!!
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The weekend has arrived and I'm actually highly awaiting Tuesday next week cause it'll be my first day off since last Tuesday!
But since I work on the 3 to 10 pm shift, I'm still managing to read and keep up on the blog, more or less! To start this week's Saturday Pages I have one of my most awaited final books in a series (a trilogy in this case) and thankfully it was yet another that didn't disappoint it at!!
Also, this one has been in my list for my 2014 Series Challenge, so I'm gonna do a bit better than I expected, since I have done rather poorly with that particular challenge as of late!
Mortal Heart by Robin LaFeversMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I fell in love with the first book in this trilogy within its few first pages, and that love has only kept on growing with each book and this one was not the exception.
Mortal Heart is the story of Annith, the girl that has been at St Mortain's convent longer than anyone else, the one that helped Ismae and Sybella when they first arrived, and the one that keeps being the one left behind while her sisters are set out on missions to serve Mortain.
Annith always seemed like the perfect student, quiet, hardworking, and ready to help whenever and whatever is asked of her, but when she discovers that she is losing the freedom she always dreamed of and always trained for, she decides there's a rebel in her and leaves the convent.
I was quite surprised about the direction the book took and in a very good way! I loved seeing how the author protrayed the leyend of the Wild Hunt/Santa Compaña/Dance of the Dead and how Annith was such a fighter and so resilient, and even when she was a bit reckless, I couldn't help but continue to cheer her on!
I wasn't sure what I was expecting for Annith in terms of the romance, but for sure it wasn't Balthazaar. But boy, was I shipping this two like mad since the moment he walked into the page! It was slow on developing and exactly how it should be!
As with the previous books, there's the internal struggle and the discovery of who you are, what you want to do really, and there's the political and historical fight going on. The history lover in me continued to jump up and down in happiness with the progression of the story and some of the new things we encountered, how the world of the gods/saints was expanded...
We also get quite a few unexpected twists in this book, one of the I didn't see coming at all and literally jaw dropped when I read it "WAIT, WHAAAAT!?!" and others I wouldn't have imagined before reading the book, but started suspecting as I was reading. Still, very well mastered!
I don't think I can continue to be coherent any more... I simply adored this book and I love this series to bits. It simply seems to have everything I love so very well mixed! 5 and all the stars to Mortal Heart and to the series as a whole! READ IT NOW!!
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Yay :D I am so happy you loved Mortal Heart Pili. <3 I loved it too, so so much. Wasn't it just all kinds of amazing? :D I cannot wait to read more books by Robin. She is all kinds of awesome. Love your review sweetie. Thank you for sharing. <3
ReplyDeleteABSOLUTELY AMAZING! Now I feel like re-reading the three books one after the other!!
DeleteI have a feeling I'll love this one too! I love the sound of the romance and twists. :) I really liked the first one and will most likely read Dark Triumph next month (unless something dramatic happens with my TBR poll). Great review!
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I cannot wait to hear what you think about Dark Triumph and then this one Kaitlin!
DeleteI STILL HAVE TO READ MORTAL HEART ACCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKS. *hides* I'M SO EXCITED TO READ IT THOUGH OMG
ReplyDeleteNikki!!! YOU MUST READ IT NOOOOW!! It was absolutely amazing!!
DeleteWheeee, so much love! My heart basically exploded after reading this one. So many series end on a bittersweet note... this one was PERFECT. But actually. So glad you loved this one as well, Pili! Fantastic review :)
ReplyDeleteAlyssa @ The Eater of Books!
I agree! I love how this series ended, this book was all sorts of amazing and magical and simply perfect!!
DeleteI am in love with all three girls (well, maybe I love Sybella a little bit more). I don't usually read historical novels, fantasy or realistic, so this was something I picked up hesitantly and I am so glad that I did.
ReplyDeleteGreat review!
Thank you for visiting the blog!
DeleteSybella was a bit prickly for me at first but I ended up loving her as much as I did Ismae!
I have ten pages left in this book and I've been putting it off because I don't want the series to end lol... I'm in denial but I loved everything about it! Definitely one of my favourite series of all time :D
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean, I wanted the book to be longeeeer! Such an amazing series!!
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