By Leah Cypess
Rating: 5
'"Pretty, isn't it?" he said. "Didn't the Elders tell you about this?"
"Of course," Ileni said stiffly, letting the magelight vanish.
What they had said, actually, was 'Parts of the caves are very beautiful, but don't let that distract you from the evil within them.''
The good thing about losing everything, is that you've got nothing more to lose.
Ileni had everything - her magic, her society, a future, and even love. And like anyone, she expected those things to be permanent.
Until the day they weren't. Until the day she lost her magic.
Faced with such a crippling revelation about her abilities, Ileni was given an ultimatum by the Elders: to live a purposeless life shunned by society, or to become a magic tutor to a secret sect of assassins.
Enter a whole new world where death is a part of everyday life and each and every person has more than one weapon up their sleeve.
Willingly, Ileni leaves behind the only life she's even known to tutor assassins in the ways of magic. But that isn't her only task. Two of Ileni's predecessors died beneath the assassin's caves under mysterious circumstances, and Ileni is determined to discover why...and by whose hand.
Secrets will come to light...but which ones?
Ileni tries to balance staying alive with solving the mystery before her, whilst keeping her own secrets safe. But nothing that goes on beneath the assassin's caves is truly secret...not from the Master of the Assassins. And he is not someone Ileni wishes to have as an enemy - not when his words hold such sway over the assassins. Even assassins like Sorin.
Unlikely allies can be found in the darkest of places.
Against her better judgement, Ileni is drawn to Sorin - a skilled assassin, who is all the more dangerous due to his hidden streak of independence. Walking a fine line between obeying the Master and embracing freedom, Sorin offers Ileni his protection and his aid in discovering the killer of the previous tutors.
Yet, when loyalties are tested, will Sorin choose Ileni...or the life of an assassin, the only life he's ever known?
Dangerous. Addictive. Stunning.
Death Sworn is as sharp as a sword, with a twisting plot that readers will not be able to tear their eyes and imaginations away from. A cross between Sarah J Maas' Throne of Glass and Maria V Snyder's Poison Study, it is another fantastic tale filled with bravery, wicked weaponry and exemplary characters who will not disappoint.
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