THIS BOOK GAH I loved it a whole lot and I know it's going to be a love or hate kind of book with little middle ground but I'm so happy I fell into the love category! 
 The Plot 
 Mia Corvere is 10 when her life was flipped upside down, vowing revenge on the government that split her family to pieces. She vows to kill the three main men that delivered and served the punishment that hurt her Family beyond repair. This scrappy 10 year old that knows nothing of the streets finds her self working towards entry to the Red Church, where she will be taught how to kill a man a million ways. 
 Living with murders a like and her one constant companion Mister Kindly a shadow cat. Mia must face a school full of murders to earn her place among them and enact revenge for her Family. 
 The writing 
 I was amazed with the descriptions, immersed in the epic world building, and couldn't get enough of the plot line I wouldn't change a line in the book. 
 "The blow was white-hot flame and rusted razors. Lemon and salt rubbed into a fresh and bleeding wound, torn into four ragged strips across her back and peeling her lips back from her teeth in a silent scream. 
 Every muscle seized tight. Her back tore like paper." 
 The Characters 
 There is no romance to fog up the story line, no love-lost, heart-sick heroine that needs a man to save her, the characters are all cut throat and you can't trust anyone even Mia herself. There is no special treatment, no Mary Sues/special snowflakes. Everyone has their own story and Mia's is the one I'm invested in. 
 The Sass 
 "Mia looked over the new bruises on Tric's face, shook her head. 'My brave centurion. Riding in on his charger to save his poor damsel? Hold me, brave sir, I fear I shall swoon.'" 
 An even longer review on my Blog : adoptabookaus