Lately, I've seemed to have stumbled into a slew of books with rather feminist themes about them. It's very interesting to see different authors take on different issues and how they portray females reacting to different injustices within their stories.
Then there are books like this that have a few females, kind of simultaneously offering their feedback/feelings on every situation with only one narrator. Makes for an interesting way to tell the story.
I digress.
An amazon summary, "Frey, Ovie, Juniper, and Runa are the Boneless Mercies―girls hired to kill quickly, quietly, and mercifully. But Frey is weary of the death trade and, having been raised on the heroic sagas of her people, dreams of a bigger life.
When she hears of an unstoppable monster ravaging a nearby town, Frey decides this is the Mercies' one chance out. The fame and fortune of bringing down such a beast would ensure a new future for all the Mercies. In fact, her actions may change the story arc of women everywhere.
Full of fierce girls, bloodlust, tenuous alliances, and unapologetic quests for glory, this elegantly spun tale challenges the power of storytelling―and who gets to be the storyteller. Perfect for fans of Maggie Stiefvater, V.E. Schwab, and Heidi Heilig." AMAZON LINK OF JUSTICE
Boneless Mercies are women who are usually abandoned by society, and wander around in a band to make mercy kills for those who are dying. To end their suffering. Among these bands of Boneless Mercies are Frey, Ovie, Juniper, and Runa. There's also a man who has joined them, but he's not a Boneless Mercy, he's more of a wandering healer. They've wandered the world together for a while, while not really sharing the stories of why they were left abandoned by the world. Frey has grown restless though and seeks to make something more of herself within the world. Frey also has a sense of watching the injustices of the world and knowing she could do something about it, something to garner a better place for women in the world.
Frey asks the mercies if they would help her defeat a beast who has been plaguing a Jarl. They have to fight through a few tricky situations before they even reach the beast, but they get to know so much more about each other on the way.
That's enough summary.
This book felt like a depiction of sisterhood. Yet, it was also a tale of tragedies, of a cruel world, and how fighting through it with others can save you.
I feel at odds with this story. On one hand, I really liked the magic, mysticism, beasts, and just lore of the world. That was all thoroughly well built. I also really liked seeing the different stories, even though they were horrific and tragic and holy crap, but they were stories that need to be told.
Yet, there's something about the story that feels kind of off. There's like some sense of longing or sense of unfulfillment surrounding Frey (the narrator) that makes the story feel incomplete. Maybe this is book 1 of a series, but it also doesn't quite feel like that either.
There also a sense of nearly Norse mythology, bu[t it doesn't quite commit and kind of feels like a retelling but not quite.
I don't know, I did like reading the book, it doesn't feel quite finished yet, and some of the scenes were pretty violent/graphic that was a little skeevy. Like, there was a scene were it was kind of more of a perversion of sisterhood where a death of a child happened that just leaves a very sour taste in my mouth. It felt wrong, but I also know it was supposed to be wrong.
....yeah, so here's kind of a weird book review. You're welcome.
Happy reading!
Frey asks the mercies if they would help her defeat a beast who has been plaguing a Jarl. They have to fight through a few tricky situations before they even reach the beast, but they get to know so much more about each other on the way.
That's enough summary.
This book felt like a depiction of sisterhood. Yet, it was also a tale of tragedies, of a cruel world, and how fighting through it with others can save you.
I feel at odds with this story. On one hand, I really liked the magic, mysticism, beasts, and just lore of the world. That was all thoroughly well built. I also really liked seeing the different stories, even though they were horrific and tragic and holy crap, but they were stories that need to be told.
Yet, there's something about the story that feels kind of off. There's like some sense of longing or sense of unfulfillment surrounding Frey (the narrator) that makes the story feel incomplete. Maybe this is book 1 of a series, but it also doesn't quite feel like that either.
There also a sense of nearly Norse mythology, bu[t it doesn't quite commit and kind of feels like a retelling but not quite.
I don't know, I did like reading the book, it doesn't feel quite finished yet, and some of the scenes were pretty violent/graphic that was a little skeevy. Like, there was a scene were it was kind of more of a perversion of sisterhood where a death of a child happened that just leaves a very sour taste in my mouth. It felt wrong, but I also know it was supposed to be wrong.
....yeah, so here's kind of a weird book review. You're welcome.
Happy reading!
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