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Holy Sister
by Mark Lawrence
I received a free copy of this book from Harper Collins in exchange for an honest review.
Nona Grey is now 17 year old and is fast on her way to becoming a Red Sister with Sweet Mercy convent as she finishes her days in Holy Class. But an army of foes is descending on the capital city of Verity, and Nona may be the key to saving everyone she holds dear if she find a way of harnessing the power of the shiphearts without losing herself in the process.
Holy Sister is an action packed book from start to finish and really takes you on a wild ride.I really appreciated the note from Mark Lawrence at the start filling readers in on what happened in the previous books that they would need to remember for this one. It’s been a year since i read Grey Sister, so the little catch up was needed on my part and I feel like it’s something a lot of authors should do for their books, especially ones as rich in detail as Book of the Ancestor.
Nona and her friends seemed so grown up in this one, and considering we first began following her journey when she was eight years old, and now it’s almost a decade later within the trilogy, I felt a bit sad that she wasn’t a little girl anymore but so proud of the fierce Sister Cage she became.
There were some awesome moments in this book, particularly ones in battle - from Nona, from Kettle, as well as from characters you might not expect like Sister Pan. There is blood and tears all at the same time and my heart broke a lot during certain moments in this one. There’s a big battle in this book, and characters we have read about for years may not make it through.
I did for the most part enjoy how everything wrapped up and there was some very satisfying justice served at points that I loved. There did seem to be a lot packed in at parts, and there were times when Nona was jumping through all her thread bonds that seemed like a whirlwind and left me a bit dazed at times as I struggled to understand everything. The book felt a tad short for me, probably mostly compared to the first two which were chunkier I believe.
I did love this trilogy though and the next time I read it, I’ll read the books one after another which might bring my level of enjoyment even more as I remember the complexities of the world better. I am genuinely sorry to leave Nona Grey’s journey behind now, and can just hope that Mark Lawrence writes another book set in Abeth in the future (would personally love a book set on the ice with the ice tribes!).
Nona Grey is now 17 year old and is fast on her way to becoming a Red Sister with Sweet Mercy convent as she finishes her days in Holy Class. But an army of foes is descending on the capital city of Verity, and Nona may be the key to saving everyone she holds dear if she find a way of harnessing the power of the shiphearts without losing herself in the process.
Holy Sister is an action packed book from start to finish and really takes you on a wild ride.I really appreciated the note from Mark Lawrence at the start filling readers in on what happened in the previous books that they would need to remember for this one. It’s been a year since i read Grey Sister, so the little catch up was needed on my part and I feel like it’s something a lot of authors should do for their books, especially ones as rich in detail as Book of the Ancestor.
Nona and her friends seemed so grown up in this one, and considering we first began following her journey when she was eight years old, and now it’s almost a decade later within the trilogy, I felt a bit sad that she wasn’t a little girl anymore but so proud of the fierce Sister Cage she became.
There were some awesome moments in this book, particularly ones in battle - from Nona, from Kettle, as well as from characters you might not expect like Sister Pan. There is blood and tears all at the same time and my heart broke a lot during certain moments in this one. There’s a big battle in this book, and characters we have read about for years may not make it through.
I did for the most part enjoy how everything wrapped up and there was some very satisfying justice served at points that I loved. There did seem to be a lot packed in at parts, and there were times when Nona was jumping through all her thread bonds that seemed like a whirlwind and left me a bit dazed at times as I struggled to understand everything. The book felt a tad short for me, probably mostly compared to the first two which were chunkier I believe.
I did love this trilogy though and the next time I read it, I’ll read the books one after another which might bring my level of enjoyment even more as I remember the complexities of the world better. I am genuinely sorry to leave Nona Grey’s journey behind now, and can just hope that Mark Lawrence writes another book set in Abeth in the future (would personally love a book set on the ice with the ice tribes!).