Mortal Heart

"#historicalromance #youngadult #medieval #gods #fantasy "

"This was EPIC! I was going to dock a star because I guessed one of the major plot points really early on but it was just *chefs kiss* exactly what I needed. FIVE STARS! Can’t wait to start Courting Darkness"

"I loved the history, the drama, the adventure, and the blooming love. Such a comfort read. I loved it. 5 out 5 for me."

"I genuinely have no clue on how to begin reviewing this book. This was by far the worst book of the series and while I loved the first two books and enjoyed the relationships that Ismae and Duval as well as Sybella and Beast had, the relationship between Mortain and Annith wasn’t as captivating and I wasn’t rooting for them at any point. <br/>The story was very jumpy, inconsistent, lacked foundation and detail, and I didn’t feel attached to any of the characters. I also didn’t feel like there was much of a timeline other than jumping forward. The book felt very rushed throughout the whole story, compared to the other books that were only rushed at the end. <br/>Annith’s character development was also scattered, there was not nearly enough detail between her feeling betrayed at the convent for the abbess trying to turn her into a seeress and then her leaving, meeting the helliquins and then falling for Balthazar, then escaping to be with the Arduinnites, then being one of them and finding out her mother is the Abbess,….etc. This book was by far the most complicated and rushed and if only there was more detail to the story rather than just having her go through so many character changes it would’ve been a great book. I am genuinely very disappointed and the only reason I kept reading was to find out how everything came to an end and because I got so attached to Ismae, Duval, the duchess, sybella and beast in the first two books."

"“I am beginning to think that love itself is never wrong. It is what love can drive people to do that is the problem.” <br/><br/>Annith's been left behind, watching younger and younger girls leave the convent to begin carrying out their missions in the name of Death. When an even younger girl, nowhere near the end of her training, is given a mission, Annith confronts the Abbess -- and learns that she is destined not to be an assassin, but to be the seeress for the convent. But without an ounce of gift for sight and a terror of being stuck within the walls of the convent for the rest of her life, Annith is horrified at the prospect, and strikes out on her own.<br/><br/>I've really enjoyed this series. It is dark, and based on actual historical events, with characters I have come to love over three books. I don't imagine that, with this ending, there will be any more in the series. I'm glad that this book focused on Annith, who has been a major character over the previous two, but passed over in favor of her younger sisters. And the romance in the book? Satisfying. I ended up starting this book around 11 p.m. last night, and finished around 3 a.m., darn my need for sleep.<br/>"

"Great plot and bonds between characters. #drama "