Red Sister by Mark Lawrence

Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #1)

by Mark Lawrence

The international bestselling author of the Broken Empire and the Red Queen’s War trilogies begins a stunning epic fantasy series about a secretive order of holy warriors...
 
At the Convent of Sweet Mercy, young girls are raised to be killers. In some few children the old bloods show, gifting rare talents that can be honed to deadly or mystic effect. But even the mistresses of sword and shadow don’t truly understand what they have purchased when Nona Grey is brought to their halls.
 
A bloodstained child of nine falsely accused of murder, guilty of worse, Nona is stolen from the shadow of the noose. It takes ten years to educate a Red Sister in the ways of blade and fist, but under Abbess Glass’s care there is much more to learn than the arts of death. Among her class Nona finds a new family—and new enemies. 
 
Despite the security and isolation of the convent, Nona’s secret and violent past finds her out, drawing with it the tangled politics of a crumbling empire. Her arrival sparks old feuds to life, igniting vicious struggles within the church and even drawing the eye of the emperor himself.
 
Beneath a dying sun, Nona Grey must master her inner demons, then loose them on those who stand in her way.

Reviewed by tylerrosereads on

5 of 5 stars

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Technically... I gave this book 4.5 stars buttttt why not mark it a 5 for goodreads :)

I picked this up as a recommendation from some booktubers and thankfully finally agreed with their praise.



This book was really well written, while the beginning could be argued to be slow, its because your doing a lot of learning about the world and the characters. This is definitely a character driven book so stick with it, the ending will have you clutching your chair and reaching for the next book!

I already want to read this book again, not because I didn't understand it, but because the world and story is just so rich I feel like I could still get more out of it.

I really like the magic system and I loved the characters.
You'll laugh. You might cry. And you thank me after.
Go read it now!



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