Mortal Heart

Reviewed by: Sheila Dube - Springvale Public Library, Springvale, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: November 20, 2014

Review

Fans of the His Fair Assassin Trilogy will be relieved to see all the loose ends around Annith, Ismae and Sybella, the daughters of Mortain (death), come together nicely in the end. Readers new to the series will be able to follow the first three quarters of the novel which has Annith rebelling from her underwhelming tasks at the convent, discovering how she has been betrayed in her life and forging a new future after a supernatural, romantic encounter with Balthazaar. As the loosely based historical novel takes on the task of political moves and impending war, readers will want the background of the first two books. Woven through much of this romance novel is the underworld's rules and questions about life, gods and old traditions in a fifteenth century Brittany. Love can become supernatural in the end. LaFever provides a helpful list of the numerous characters, as well as a sparsely detailed map, illustrated by Cara Llewellyn.

Overall Book Score: very good