Siobhan Russo’s
mother disappeared six years ago leaving her and her younger sister,
Jesse, in the care of her Nanna Edith. When she sees the face of the
nun who committed suicide in front of thousands of people, she knows
it’s her mother, and she’s devastated. At the service for her
mother, a priest, Father Jakup, shows up. He has a sealed message
from her mother urging Siobhan to pursue a quest to learn about the
devil’s prayer.
The quest leads
Siohban to monasteries in Europe, to find ancient books,
learn their languages and copy them. This was for me the best part of
the book. The descriptions of the monasteries are excellent and their
role in the history of thirteenth century Europe is very well done.
The book even contains some pictures of the monasteries in an
appendix.
The novel itself
while interesting has some gruesome scenes. It also has twists that
keep you following Siohban’s quest wondering where it will lead. I
enjoyed the book, but would caution reader who don’t enjoy violence
that it can get a bit rough.
The history
throughout the book was well researched. Sometimes the history became
so dense that it seemed to take over the story, but that’s a minor
criticism.
If you enjoy books
with occult tales, secret passages, and ancient writings, you’ll
enjoy this book.
I received this book
from Net Galley for this review.
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