Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers, 387 pages Dark Triumph is Book Two in Robin LaFevers' His Fair Assassins series. Book Two picks up right where Book One left off, and the action is intense. Focus shifts from the polite but dangerous Ismae to the mysterious, rebellious, and fascinating Sybella. Sybella makes no apologies for herself or her chosen role as a handmaiden of death. In Book One, Sybella both arrived and left the St. Mortain convent under mysterious circumstances, all of which are revealed slowly with expert pacing throughout the course of Dark Triumph.
While the overarching genre of historical fiction still reigns supreme, this book is full of other incredible themes: guilt, redemption, revenge, incest, forgiveness, love and justice. While I enjoyed Ismae's story, Sybella is certainly my favorite assassin novitiate. Her emotions and motivations are incredibly believable and even heart-wrenching at times. The one drawback (for some) might be the love story that occurs between Sybella and a character named the Beast. I know some might feel it is somewhat of a cop-out to make romance as a central theme of this novel, and I can completely understand that, especially considering everything Sybella has lived through. Still, I really like the Beast character, and I liked his contributions to the plot as well as his role as Sybella's partner-in-crime. I cannot wait to read Book Three!
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