Ismae is a typical village daughter being sold to a nasty man for marriage when she is "saved" and taken to a unique convent. The women there are daughters of death, St. Mortain, and learn how to kill and carry out his wishes. Pretty cool, eh? I'm a huge fan of court intrigue, fancy dresses, dastardly men, and women who buck convention.
This is firmly in the high school YA section--she is trained vaguely in "womanly arts" and the truth about how women were treated back then is referred to often. And who doesn't want to cure a man's poison by having sex? Or, wait, did she just lie on top of him? Ohhhh, we'll never know....
Dark Triumph, Book #2, is already published. I haven't decided if I'm going to tackle it or not. It's only 385 pages though so maybe I'll appreciate it more?
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