A suspenseful fantasy novel that will leave you breathless.
Life is about choices. For young Sinisa Rizyr, she makes a choice that will forever change her life’s course. Sinisa is transferred to Veltuur, the realm of the dead, where she enters into a cheerless servitude as a Reaper. Despite the notoriously distasteful vocation, Sinisa takes her job seriously and finds herself on the precipice of a promotion. One final kill will clench her position and the job shouldn’t be difficult. After all, it’s just a young girl…
Prince Acari is in mourning. He has recently lost his beloved mother and brother and his grief is literally evident on his face. The distress is compounded with the realization that he will soon ascend the throne once meant for his brother. His father makes the fateful decision to have Acari’s innocent young sister extinguished by the Reapers because she possesses a minor deformity. Acari runs away with only the whisp of a plan to save his sister. It isn’t long before his greatest enemy becomes his ally. The unlikely friends embark on a tormented journey, both seeking redemption.
“The blood stains my soul, a marking that I can’t escape.” Soul of the Crow is a suspenseful fantasy novel that will leave you breathless. The pacing is perfect and the characters really break the mold for such a dark story. Acari is charming in his unpretentiousness. Sinisa is edgy but at the same time passionate. Together they navigate a world filled with ugliness and brutality, but trumped by beauty and love. Jessaca Willis has shaped a flawless story in a pleasantly disturbing and wonderfully unique fantasy world.
