How long does it take to read Grave Mercy?
Robin LaFevers
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers takes about 10 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 4 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2012. 549 pages, about 150,975 words. Written for children.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf? Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts—and a violent destiny. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassin and serve as a handmaiden to Death. To claim her new life, she must destroy the lives of others. Ismae’s most important assignment takes her straight into the high court of Brittany—where she finds herself woefully under prepared—not only for the deadly games of intrigue and treason, but for the impossible choices she must make. For how can she deliver Death’s vengeance upon a target who, against her will, has stolen her heart?
Subjects: Grave mercy, Robin LaFevers, Death, Courts and courtiers, Gods, History
