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Grave Mercy, Robin LaFevers

Romantasy · 2012

Grave Mercy

by Robin LaFevers

Book 1 of His Fair Assassin

Spice
Mild
Ending
Happy for now
Reading age
Young adult

Tropes

Assassins and hitmenCourt intrigueFake datingGods and mortalsSlow burn

About the book

Sold to a pig farmer at fourteen, Ismae ends up in a convent whose nuns serve Mortain, the old god of death, and trains as one of his assassins. Her new job: pose as Gavriel Duval's mistress at the Breton court and find out whether he's a traitor. Medieval politics and poison, mild spice, happy for now.

Content warnings

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Reported by readers (not in the author's note)

  • Attempted sexual assault
  • Child sexual abuse

Source: app.thestorygraph.com, recaptains.co.uk, retrieved 2026-10-21

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