SuitabookDeath sworn
Leah Cypess
- Reading
- Try the opening together, then check whether the mystery and fantasy setting are engaging. If the deaths or romantic danger feel intense, pause and talk about what is troubling.
- Themes
- Lost magic and purpose: Ileni has lost her magic, along with her place in society and sense of purpose. The premise makes this loss central, but does not show how the story evaluates it or where Ileni’s path leads.
- Teaching assassins: Ileni becomes a magic tutor to a secret sect of assassins and tries to keep her lost magic hidden. The premise places teaching and lethal students together; it does not establish whether the story endorses, questions or condemns their work.
- Romance and danger: The book addresses romance and danger; the detail of how it is developed remains unclear. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The premise includes assassins described as deadly, two tutors who died mysteriously, and a romance called dangerous. How violence and romantic danger are depicted is not clear.