last reads

Red Sister by Mark Lawrence Publishing information: Kindle Publisher: Ace; 4 April 2017 ISBN: 9781101988855 Series: Book of the Ancestors #1 Copy: Provided by publisher Reviewer: Tyson Amazon Synopsis: "I was born for killing – the gods made me to ruin. At the Convent of Sweet Mercy young girls are raised to be killers. In a few the old bloods show, gifting talents rarely seen since the tribes beached their ships on Abeth. Sweet Mercy hones its novices’ skills to deadly effect: it takes ten years to educate a Red Sister in the ways of blade and fist. But even the mistresses of sword and shadow don’t truly understand what they have purchased when Nona Grey is brought to their halls as a bloodstained child of eight, falsely accused of murder: guilty of worse. Stolen from the shadow of the noose, Nona is sought by powerful enemies, and for good reason. Despite the security and isolation of the convent her secret and violent past will find her out. Beneath a dying sun that shines upon...

It has been a few months since the challenge was issued by Mark Lawrence and I am finally able to report that I have finished reading all 26 books that were assigned to me. Shortly following this review I will post my favorite read of the challenge and then await part 2 of the challenge where all 10 of the reviewers will submit their favorite book and have the other 9 reviewers read their choice and with luck, proclaim a winner. But before that can happen, I have to let you know about the last books that I read: PART 4 17. Disciple by L. Blankenship The saints favor her, else-wise a peasant girl like Kate Carpenter would never be apprenticed to the kingdom’s master healer. But her patron saint also marks her ready for the duty of tending to a mission that must cross the ice-bound mountains. Their little kingdom faces invasion by a vast empire and desperately needs allies; across the snow-filled pass, through the deathly thin air, is a country that’s held off the empire and may be willi...