With clever magic, a star-crossed romance, and lethal stakes, The Merciful Crow is a YA fantasy debut perfect for fans of Sabaa Tahir, Leigh Bardugo, and Kendare Blake.
As a future chieftain of the Crow caste, sixteen-year-old Fie abides by one rule: Look after your own. Her clan of undertakers and mercy-killers takes more abuse than coin, but when her family is called to collect royal dead, she’s hoping they’ll find the payout of a lifetime. Instead, they find a still-living crown prince, his cunning bodyguard, and a common foe: a ruthless usurper queen who wants them all dead.
Fie agrees to smuggle the prince across the nation in exchange for her people's safety. But with the queen’s brutal hunters on their tail, she's forced to make the sacrifices that define a true leader.
This has been one of my most anticipated books of the year, but unfortunately I have been very disappointed. Despite the fact that it’s not bad and that the entire magical system and fantasy setting is unique, it was just not for me. I couldn’t get sucked into the story or bond with any of the characters. For me it felt a little dragging and boring because they have been traveling like 95% of the book. I have a feeling that nothing much happened and that everything will be epic in the next book which I am not going to read because I didn’t enjoy this one. Again, it’s not bad, but just not for me.
