The Boneless Mercies

Name: The Boneless Mercies
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: April Genevieve Tucholke
ISBN: 9781501979354

Author: April Genevieve Tucholke

Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld

Unabridged: 8 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/02/2018

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Fantasy, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, April Genevieve Tucholke's The Boneless Mercies is a dark and gorgeously drawn standalone YA fantasy about a band of mercenary girls in search of female glory. 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. "The Boneless Mercies feels like a cathartic war cry advocating for the power of girls and women. [ … ] A dynamic critique of the hero's journey: Who is granted honor and glory, and at what cost does it come?"—The New York Times Book Review

About April Genevieve Tucholke

April Genevieve Tucholke is a full time writer and a member of the Lucky 13s, a community of writers whose debut novels will pub in 2013 from major US publishers.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Baba on January 04, 2023

For many years Boneless Mercies have helped with assisted suicide; Mercies, leader Frey, Ovie who has lost an eye, Juniper the Sea Witch and Runa have grown weary of the death trade and on hearing that one of the last great monsters roams free and is marauding and killing, they decide that such a qu......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on November 14, 2018

Four fierce young women work a dark trade. They are death for hire, mercy kills on call. Highly recommend this book to fans of Norse myth, The Hobbit, or winding sagas steeped in lore. Four Boneless Mercies stood at a crossroads near a hangman's tree.It was like something from a Vorse saga. In their......more

Goodreads review by astarion's bhaal babe (wingspan matters) on February 21, 2023

Once upon a time, in the final days before Salt and Marsh Witch War, four Boneless Mercies turned their backs on the death trade, and went west, seeking immortality. This freaking book broke my heart in so many ways I don't even know where to start talking about it. Badass assassin girls are......more

Goodreads review by Kayla Dawn on January 29, 2020

Meh Idk. This was boring, felt rushed and pointless. I had absolutely no connection to any of the characters nor to the story. The writing style was fine most of the time, fighting scenes were pretty shallow though. Overall rather disappointing.......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on June 19, 2018

THE BONELESS MERCIES is a wonder, infused with the spare and melancholy magic of a heraldic ballad. It's the story of an all-women pack of paid mercy killers winding through a Norse-influenced fantasy world on their way to slaying the marauding Blue Vee Beast, thus earning fame, glory, and enough mo......more