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Holy Sister
Holy Sister | Mark Lawrence
The third book in the thrilling and epic Book of the Ancestor trilogy from international bestselling author Mark Lawrence. Powerful novice Nona Grey must fight to survive in "a fantastic world in which religion and politics are dark and sharp as swords, with magic and might held in the hands of wonderful and dangerous women."* *Library Journal
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majkia
Holy Sister | Mark Lawrence
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I confess I never really could get into this series. It was nicely written, and there was lots of action, but for some reason I didn't connect with it the way I normally do with good books. Oh, well, series done now.

June #Roll100 @PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 9mo
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eol
Holy Sister | Mark Lawrence
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Pickpick

Being in the mood to read something is important. I hadn't been for this book, so I put it away for months. Then I picked it up again two days ago and devoured it.

This ended up one of my favorite fantasy trilogies of all time. Powerful female characters who are so well developed and always changing, incredible worldbuilding with a sf element, lots and lots of action.

And what a finale!

An absolute pick.

5/5

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JuliaTheBookNerd
Holy Sister | Mark Lawrence
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#HolyNight 😇 #DivineDecember 🎄❄️🎁

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Eggs 💜🧡💜 1y
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TugstenDragon
Holy Sister | Mark Lawrence
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Nice finish to the trilogy, I think I liked the second book the best though.

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Lucy_Anywhere
Holy Sister | Mark Lawrence
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#TBRPile Day 1. Posting one book of the many unread books on my Kindle every day. I really should read this last book in the trilogy before I forget what happened in Book 1 and 2

vivastory I've heard so many great things about this book 4y
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cjk
HOLY SISTER. | MARK. LAWRENCE
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My library hold finally became available, so sneaking some reading in on this gorgeous day before I have to go to work. 📚💯🌞🌈

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anwinj
HOLY SISTER. | MARK. LAWRENCE
Pickpick

Good ending

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KtheBookwyrm
HOLY SISTER. | MARK. LAWRENCE
Pickpick

This trilogy was so good! The third book wasn‘t quite as good, but still a 4 star. The first 2 were 5 stars for sure.

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Rambo_Reads
HOLY SISTER. | MARK. LAWRENCE
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Pickpick

Just finished The Book of the Ancestor trilogy and what an EPIC trilogy it was. The pacing is breakneck, the world is fascinating and the characters just get unapologetically more and more awesome.

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VictoriaB
Holy Sister | Mark Lawrence
Pickpick

Mark Lawrence is one of my favorites and he did not disappoint. Abbess Glass truly did play the long game, and it was rewarding to see throughout this final book exactly how far ahead she had schemed and planned. And Nona‘s loyalty to her was heartwarming even as she kicked butt all over Abeth.

TrishB One of mine too 👍🏻 5y
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SilverShanica
HOLY SISTER. | MARK. LAWRENCE
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Pickpick

Please check out my blog for my full review here: https://silvershanica.tumblr.com/post/185432486686/book-review-holy-sister-book-...

I cannot recommend this trilogy strongly enough. If you love grimdark fantasy, if you love strong characters who show their humanity in every word and gesture, if you love a really good story, then the Book of the Ancestor trilogy is definitely for you.

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jackilynn
HOLY SISTER. | MARK. LAWRENCE
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Pickpick

Aww, my fierce little Nona!! I laughed, I cried, & I loved every minute of it. I kept putting this book off because I didn't want this series to end. I love these characters so much I just wanted to spend as much time in their crazy, little world as I could. This series introduced me to Mark Lawrence and I am looking forward to reading his other works

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jackilynn
HOLY SISTER. | MARK. LAWRENCE
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Anyone else get chills when this quote pioped up again. It takes me back to Red Sister. I am so close to the end. I don't want it to be over!!

TrishB Great series 👍🏻 5y
jackilynn @TrishB it is one of my favorites. Even if I don't want the series to end I could only put off reading this book for so long. 5y
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Derf
HOLY SISTER. | MARK. LAWRENCE
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Not moving all night!!! Now I just need someone to read to me 😂😂😂

teainthelibrary That‘s a perfect set up 👌🏼 5y
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Derf
HOLY SISTER. | MARK. LAWRENCE
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Mays listening hours are up and I had a decent week, I got 11.5 hours of fitness in this week and banished a load of calories 👊🏻 (only banished, they may be back with some whiskey tonight 🤫)
The two highlighted days above I swear I didn‘t have my watch on that day ...... honest 😶😁

#BookFitnessChallange @wanderinglynn

Week 3 is Hump week. Let‘s smash it 🙌🏻🙌🏻☝🏻

Meaw_catlady Fantastic! 👏 5y
wanderinglynn Way to go! 🙌🏻 Great week! 5y
AsYouWish Good job!!!!! 5y
bewareofwords You‘re doing great!! 🥳 5y
Caterina Great job! 👍 5y
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Derf
HOLY SISTER. | MARK. LAWRENCE
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#WonderousWednesday @Eggs

🤗 Hope you don‘t mind my real life adaptation 😂

1. I like to go by author, failing that I spend hours reading reviews.
2. There‘s not much public transport here but I do listen whilst driving to work.
3. MUSIC 😡😤
4. I don‘t really snack whilst reading, don‘t mind a whisky though. See above ☝🏻☝🏻☝🏻 😂
5. If your reading this then play along 😊

Eggs Hahaha love your adaptations 🤣 5y
KarouBlue Bwahahahaha! Love it! 5y
Derf Your turn ☝🏻☝🏻☝🏻 @Andrea4 😊 5y
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Derf
HOLY SISTER. | MARK. LAWRENCE
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😱😱😱 This sale on #audible is 😱😱😱
Stand by for a book haul photo, I got 10 new #tbr all #fantasy

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Derf
HOLY SISTER. | MARK. LAWRENCE
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#BookFitnessChallange #BFC

Not a bad week, 1500 calories per day, 60mins of excercise per day and stand 12 hours per day. Nearly 100% this week but I‘m sure I made up for it in some of those other days.

Good effort everyone, week 2 is going to be the week I reckon 💪🏻👍🏻👍🏻 stay strong, keep smiling 😊 @wanderinglynn

wanderinglynn Great first week! 🙌🏻 5y
Ms.Story Awesome! What do you use to track your progress?! Love the graphic 😊 5y
BookwormAHN Way to go 👏🏻 5y
TheSpineView You did great! 5y
Caterina Great week! 🙌 5y
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Underqueen
HOLY SISTER. | MARK. LAWRENCE
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Nona is one of the best characters I have ever read. The story was woven together wonderfully and the action was a physical thing that made me stress over characters I didn't think I cared as much about until I suddenly did.

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monalyisha
Holy Sister | Mark Lawrence
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Ummm...💀💀💀

Also, follow me on Goodreads, if you want (“Alyisha”). I mostly just copy & paste my Litsy reviews, though. 😆 I use it primarily as a TBR tool (rather than utilizing the “stacking” feature here, which I save only for books I‘d want to receive in a swap).

In this review, I said (jokingly) that I felt like Mark & I were thread-bound now. Which is *basically* like saying, “HEY MARK! I LIKE-LIKE YOU!” 😂🙈😳😅

tammysue I just sent you a friend request 🐰💕 5y
VanChocStrawberry I do the same thing with my TBR here! I also have a to-buy and own shelf on GR. 5y
VanChocStrawberry Also: Fun author like!!!!! 5y
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monalyisha
Holy Sister | Mark Lawrence
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This series felt tailor-made for me — magic, spirituality, & sisterhood, all wrapped-up in a f*cking bad-ass, coming-of-age package. Now that it‘s over, I feel wholly grief-stricken; characters I loved were lost in a savage war, & the stories of those who didn‘t die in battle are over, as well.

*Review cont‘d below 👇🏻

monalyisha 1/1: Was it perfect? No. Was every character well-developed? Also, no (sorry Ruli & Sister Rule). But it‘s a HUGE cast of characters & I became *so* attached to so many of them. I came to know the halls of the convent & the chambers of each sister‘s heart. I honestly think Mark Lawrence & I might be thread-bound now. 🤷‍♀️ (edited) 5y
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Psychobabble
Holy Sister | Mark Lawrence
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When your library hold comes in early!!!! #excited

I just finished reading The Grey Sister on the weekend and got the next one today... Yay!!

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TrishB
Holy Sister | Mark Lawrence
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Pickpick

Read this one today - good ending to the series 👍🏻 Nona is a great character.
I had a lovely #selfcaresunday reading it.
Then the washing machine broke and I had to write a 10 page report for work, sort of ruined the mood! Now I‘m wishing someone would make me a roast dinner....
#springintoreading

Kalalalatja Good thing you at least had a bit of self care today! 5y
Cathythoughts Washing machine breaking is a disaster ! Hope it‘s fixed soon 5y
TrishB @Kalalalatja I like the glass half full approach 😁 5y
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TrishB @Cathythoughts it would cost nearly as much for the part and labour to fix as to buy a new one! So the new one is ordered but won‘t be delivered until next weekend. 5y
vkois88 At least you enjoyed your book!! 5y
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thebookwraith
Holy Sister | Mark Lawrence
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Helloooo! It‘s been a hot min since I last posted here on Litsy, dw guys I‘m back😇. How are you guys?

I recently read (devoured) Holy Sister by Mark Lawrence and it was an amazing ending to such a killer trilogy. My god it was intense and such a roller coaster do a read.

Who else here is a Mark Lawrence fan?✨

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Vinjii
Holy Sister | Mark Lawrence
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I can‘t wait to read these.

I was at the Birmingham MCM convention this weekend and it was amazing.

Hope everyone is having a good start into the week.

TrishB I can‘t wait for these either!! 5y
Vinjii @TrishB 💃 💕 5y
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