My review:🌟🌟🌟🌟
The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave starts in 1617, in Vardø, Norway, when most of the men of the small community die in a storm. The women are left to fend for themselves.
Absolam Cornet is summoned from Scotland as the local lord believes that something must have summoned that storm.
Maren is one of the women whose family lost their men – her brother and father. She is left with her mother and her sister in law, Diinna, who is Sâmi, which the local lord also dislikes.
This is a dramatic story, set in a harsh landscape, with beautiful descriptions. It is a difficult read in places, but is well written, and the characters are very evocative.
The Mercies was published on 6th February 2020 and is available from Amazon, Waterstones and Bookshop.org.
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