Holy Sister by Mark LawrenceMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
The Books of the Ancestor by Mark Lawrence are three of the finest fantasies that I have read in a long time and Holy Sister was amazing. Lawrence can write with the best of them and his characters are real. This is the type of book that at times you have to put down because you care so damn much.
Holy Sister is the continuing story of Nona Grey and the story of the Corridor and the Convent of Sweet Mercy and the battles with the Scithrowl who want to invade and take over everything in their path.
This review will not do justice to the book in part because I hate to give spoilers. But, Nona has been at Sweet Mercy for a decade now and while still learning, has become formidable in her own right. The book alternates between events three years in the past where the second book in the series, Red Sister, ends and present day from the point of view Nona and those around her. The battle scenes are intense and the worldbuilding first rate. I also dare anyone with a beating heart to shed more than a few tears during this book. Especially a dramatic scene with dear Sister Pan that shows Lawrence's brilliance.
READ THIS SERIES! You will not regret it.
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