![]() Close accepting friendship between girls and women, betrayal by adult role models. The writing: rich period color, first person perspective, strong voice, some graphic violence, modest sex scenes, excellent heroic counterparts, complex politics. ![]() “In truth, I have never flashed so much as an ankle before, but I am sorely vexed at being treated like a temptress when all I feel is bruised and broken.” ~ Robin LaFevers, Grave Mercy Each is then sent from the convent into the politics of late 1400s Brittany where they find self confidence through love, purpose, and place in society. ![]() The series premise: three girls from difference backgrounds are deemed daughters of death and taken in to a mysterious convent where they are trained as assassins, called death’s handmaidens. ![]()
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