They have a page-turning quality that means you blink and 50 pages have passed, like picking up a pack of cookies and munching your way through half of it without even noticing. And Lawrence novels, I have discovered, tend to be over quickly. I held off reading Holy Sister for over a month after I received it, in the way we do when we want to both have our cake and eat it too. But was the having better than the eating?Īnd by that, I don’t mean that Holy Sister was a disappointment (far from it), more that as much as I had anticipated the conclusion, I wasn’t quite ready for it to be over.
A battle in which her own demons will try to unmake her.Ī battle in which hearts will be broken, lovers lost, thrones burned.Īnd so it’s time for me to say goodbye to Nona and Sweet Mercy. A final battle is coming in which she will be torn between friends, unable to save them all.
The shiphearts offer strength that she might use to protect those she loves, but it’s a power that corrupts. But it seems unlikely that Nona and her friends will have time to earn a nun’s habit before war is on their doorstep.Įven a warrior like Nona cannot hope to turn the tide of war. Nona faces the final challenges that must be overcome if she is to become a full sister in the order of her choice. Everywhere, the emperor’s armies are in retreat. The ice is advancing, the Corridor narrowing, and the empire is under siege from the Scithrowl in the east and the Durns in the west. Warning: This review contains spoilers for Red Sister and Grey Sister.
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