Fallen Grace is about a young woman who hates how society forces women to wed and bear children. And she despises the ladies in court who only gossip to one another about each other. Grace wants to do more. That's how she became the Death Dealer, protecting the innocent people of the land from those who seek to do bad.

Grace finds herself in a whole heap of trouble when she uses her skills as the Death Dealer to portray her injured male cousin in a sword fighting tournament. She's discovered and cast out. If she were to return, she'd be killed, so she goes off in search of a safe and stumbles onto Glenbard, a place over run with thieves.

Pros: There were some nice characters in this story. I loved Ridley, a spunky girl known as the Princess of Thieves; a female pirate who causes havoc wherever her ship docks; and Sir Henry a portly ex-knight who stands up for Grace when she needs a friend. I enjoyed the scenes at court and the tournament. And liked following Grace as she wandered and tried to prove her worth among those in Glenbard. I kept wanting to root for her to show them up. "See, I'm a girl but I can muck out stalls with the best of them!"

Cons: The names of the kingdoms, countries, and knights in the beginning was confusing. There were too many mentioned too soon. And it took me a while to get into this story because of the perspective changes in the beginning. It's not until we get into Grace's perspective that I'm able to get into the story. I think the previous perspectives could've been removed from the story. Especially since I didn't realize one of the scenes had the characters from Glenbard in it (such as Ridley and Jack) until I was more than half-way through the story and flipped back to the start.

The biggest disappointment was how fast the Death Dealer scenes came and went. I wanted to read about the excitement Grace experienced as the Death Dealer for pages. I wanted to get into her head and experience the danger. But we're never really given the chance. If these scenes were longer with more of Grace's senses and longer descriptions of the action, I would've given this story a higher rating. Also, for someone known as the Death Dealer, she needed to be saved a lot.

Overall this was a satisfactory story with great settings and some nice characters. The author has a talent with words and the ending was good. We finally got to see Grace in full Death Dealer mode. But I did hope for more.