SPOILER-FREE REVIEW - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“You were a child the first time the Saint of War came to you.”
This is my first book review, and will likely be my most incoherent. There are no words to describe JUST how much I love this absolute belter of a short story, but just know that I would willingly give up both of my kidneys for a physical copy of this book. No further questions Your Honour.
The Six Deaths of the Saint follows the life of a young and sickly servant girl, after she is pulled from the brink of death by a stunning prince and his cohort of saints, priests and bards. This young girl is then raised to be a fearsome warrior, a true master of the sword. “You had taken to them with a skill that verged on the unnatural”.
A warrior whose name and flowing red hair has her enemies running for the hills, and she is truly able to prove her worth to her Prince and to her kingdom. But if only it were that simple.
I am not going to say another word about the story itself, as I URGE you to just go and read it. This 30-ish page short story is packed full of raw emotion, savagery, love, loss, and prose that will make you take a step back, read it again, highlight it, and then read it AGAIN. I have read this book cover-to-cover 4 times in the last 3 days and every single time I find something new that knocks the wind out of my sails all over again. Just incredible writing from start to finish without being too… Flouncy. I am now on a mission to read everything Alix E. Harrow has ever written in the hopes of ever feeling anything ever again. Ugh.
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