Daughter of Crows
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About the book
The survivor of a brutal academy must exhume her own past in the first book in a new series from the international bestselling author of the Library Trilogy and the Broken Empire series. Set a thief to catch a thief. Set a monster to punish monsters. The Academy of Kindness exists to create agents of retribution, cast in the image of the Furies—known as the kindly ones—against whom even the gods hesitate to stand. Each year a hundred girls are sold to the Academy. Ten years later only three will emerge. The Academy’s halls run with blood. The few that survive its decade-long nightmare have been forged on the sands of the Wound Garden. They have learned ancient secrets amid the necrotic fumes of the Bone Garden. They leave its gates as avatars of vengeance, bound to uphold the oldest of laws. Only the most desperate would sell their child to the Kindnesses. But Rue … she sold herself. And now, a lifetime later, a long and bloody lifetime later, just as she has discovered peace, war has been brought to an old woman’s doorstep. That was a mistake.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.4 across 31 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 14% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Rankings average of 7.8. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 31 | 100% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“The first two Mark Lawrence books I read, being the first two books in the Library Trilogy, I thought were pretty fantastic. I fell in love with its setting, story and most of all its characters. The Book That Held Her Heart, the final book in the trilogy, was probably the most disappointing book I had ever read. I kept thinking: “why is any of this happening? Why is the story *this*? Unfortunately, Daughter of Crows continues that streak, as its narrative, especially in the first half of the story, is a hot mess. The Rue POV chapters for the first 150 pages followed the exact same formula 3 …”
Frequently asked
What is Daughter of Crows rated?
7.9 out of 10, from 31 reader ratings across 1 independent sources.
Is Daughter of Crows worth reading?
Readers give it 7.9/10 from 31 ratings in open sources.