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Book Review of Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, Bk 1)

Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, Bk 1)
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This book was hard for me to get into ... at first. Usually I won't stick with them if I'm not enticed by the end of the first chapter or two. This one took about 40 pages, but I finally started getting it. The writing is choppy, and the author is no fine and poetic storyteller, but she presented a great plot and stuck with it. The historical content was fantastic, and I loved the interplay between good and evil. I also loved the flawed humanity presented here, but also the understanding of how too great of an evil in a person is inexcusable. By the middle of the book, I couldn't put it down and was sorry to see it end. I wanted the characters to go on and on. A worthy read and much better than a pool-side novel.