Ismae's most important assignment takes her straight into the high court of Brittany-where she finds herself woefully under prepared-not only for the deadly games of intrigue and treason, but for the impossible choices she must make. To claim her new life, she must destroy the lives of others. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassin and serve as a handmaiden to Death. This powerful first volume of the His Fair Assassin series should attract many readers. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts-and a violent destiny. Rich in historical detail, well-realized characters, political machinations, and enticingly prickly scenes between Ismae and Duval, LaFevers’s complex tale incorporates magic both sparingly and subtly.
Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St.
Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf? Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. In fact, it would have been more welcome to see more scenes with him and Neill rather than the generic and forced love story between Morgan and Sophie.Packed with love, magic, and deadly games of courtly intrigue and treason, book one of Robin LaFevers's fast-paced YA trilogy set in 15th-century France combines romance with captivating action. This isn't the kind of movie where Golding gets to show his dramatic chops, but he does demonstrate cool chemistry with Neill whenever those two interact. Flawlessly, he switches from gunfight to hand-to-hand combat while adapting to the different fighting styles of his on-screen adversaries. It also carries on the good action work that Delamarre brought to his last film - the drastically underrated The Transporter Refueled.Ĭredit also goes to Golding as the lead here. There's an international panache to the fight scenes that doesn't always come across in typical blockbuster fare. Delamarre doesn't try to imitate Hong Kong action cinema or even the traditional American approach, as he borrows more from other French action films, such as Luc Besson's Léon: The Professional and La Femme Nikita. ROBIN LAFEVERS is the New York Times bestselling author of the critically acclaimed His Fair Assassin trilogyGRAVE MERCY, DARK TRIUMPH, and MORTAL HEART and the companion duology COURTING DARKNESS and IGNITING DARKNESS (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, June 2020). While it might not have the precision or outstanding choreography of John Wick, there's an intensity and ferocity to every fight - along with sharp inventiveness to keep the scenes fresh. Assassin Club honors what it promotes on the film poster.
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