“A dark, delectable, and utterly unique series that readers will want to drown in.” —Laura Sebastian, New York Times bestselling author of the Ash Princess series
The start of a fierce fantasy duology about three maidens who are chosen for their land's greatest honor...and one girl determined to save her sister from the grave.
In the walled city-state of Alu, Kammani wants nothing more than to become the accomplished healer her father used to be before her family was cast out of their privileged life in shame.
When Alu's ruler falls deathly ill, Kammani’s beautiful little sister, Nanaea, is chosen as one of three sacred maidens to join him in the afterlife. It’s an honor. A tradition. And Nanaea believes it is her chance to live an even grander life than the one that was stolen from her.
But Kammani sees the selection for what it really is—a death sentence.
Desperate to save her sister, Kammani schemes her way into the palace to heal the ruler. There she discovers more danger lurking in the sand-stone corridors than she could have ever imagined and that her own life—and heart—are at stake. But Kammani will stop at nothing to dig up the palace’s buried secrets even if it means sacrificing everything…including herself.
"A dark and utterly enthralling journey to an ancient land, Gravemaidens grabs you by your beating heart and refuses to let go until the bitter, breathtaking end."—Sarah Glenn Marsh, author of the Reign of the Fallen series
Wow this book takes the case with evil characters and serious brain washed religion. In the gravemaidens if the king dies 3 maidens are chosen from the population to be killed and accompany him to the netherworld. The maidens believe this is an honor as they will be wealthy and live like queens in the netherworld. Our main character thinks this is insane for who can know what really awaits us once the boatman comes to claim us.
The main healer in town has been in a drunken state since his wife passed away so his apprentice daughter has been taking over his duty and doing her best to heal the towns people. When her sister is chosen to become one of the gravemaidens she is determined to sober her farther up to save her sister from this horror. When her farther perishes before even arriving at the castle she must take his place and do everything she can to prevent her sister from meeting her death.
All kinds of betrayals and twists happen in this book. Your kept guessing tell the end who the bad guys are and what will happen if and when the king meets the boatman. I was on the edge of my seat and am eagerly awaiting the second book which should wrap up this edge of your seat story.
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