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“Hello, Hart-ache.” “Hello, Merciless”.

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen

January 23, 2023 by Malin 2 Comments

CBR Passport Challenge: New to Me author In a world very unlike our own, most people live on islands and when people die, they are not buried in coffins, but rather placed in boats and sent out to sea (like when we bury someone in the ground) or the boats are cremated. So undertakers don’t just need to know the rituals of cleaning and treating a body, there are rituals to follow and sacred words to be spoken – but they need to be able […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: CBR15, CBR15Passport, gods, LGBTQIA, Malin, Megan Bannen, mystery, paranormal fantasy, Romance, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, zombies

Malin's CBR15 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: CBR15, CBR15Passport, gods, LGBTQIA, Malin, Megan Bannen, mystery, paranormal fantasy, Romance, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, zombies ·
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The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

“Committing it to ink makes it truer.”

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen

December 11, 2022 by faintingviolet 7 Comments

This was a warm blanket of a macabre fantasy Romance about life, death, and making yourself actually live your life that I devoured in a day and have spent nearly a week searching my mind for how to review. There are a couple things that have held up the writing, one that it’s a weird book that is both very straightforward in its description but the minute you scratch at its surface it gets quite difficult to nail down, and second that this is a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: death and dying, fantasy romance, Fear, lonliness, Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, zombies

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:78 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: death and dying, fantasy romance, Fear, lonliness, Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, zombies ·
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