Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers mixes romance and danger with a girl's story of coming of age and understanding how the world is not as black and white as we might want it to be. The writing is wonderfully rich in detail. LaFevers transports the reader back in time to an era in French history when the political landscape looked quite different from what we know today. This book is as full of spies and assassins as any James Bond type story and will appeal to readers who enjoy cloak and dagger novels. As for the romance aspect, there are several female characters to keep an eye on, but it is the main character that the reader will be most interested in.
This book is best suited for young adult women, but it is most certainly not limited to that audience. The historical background is well done and will hopefully inspire more readers to chose historical fiction in the future.
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