Happy New Year, Everyone!
I hope you all had a lovely holiday season and a good start to the new year! To make it even better I’m giving away a signed Advance Reading Copy of the much anticipated second volume of the Book of the Ancestor trilogy, GREY SISTER, to a lucky winner!
To participate simply comment below this post and tell us what made you pick up and read Red Sister!
The giveaway will be closing on 31st January 2018 and as usual, I will ask Mark to randomly select a winner.
This is, as always, an international giveaway, anyone can enter!
Wishing you the best of luck!
Agnes
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Banner art by tamaiyoku
Pre-order links for Grey Sister on Amazon US and UK
And finally, my spoiler-free thoughts on Grey Sister can be found HERE.
that thorn guy 
I absolutely loved Red Sister when I picked it up a month ago. I have to say that Mark’s prose has gotten even more fun to read. Can’t wait for the sequel.
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The broken empire trilogy is what got me into fantasy. the Red queens war trilogy made Mark Lawrence one of my favorite authors so when I was browsing the bookstore and saw a copy of Red Sister i didn’t hesitate!
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Boring answer: loved the previous six books so it was a ‘must-buy’.
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Well, after I read The Broken Empire trilogy, I’ve picked up every book by Mark since then.
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Really enjoy Mark’s sense of humor and twisted world building. Red Sister was a bit of a departure from previous works, but no less welcome. Also, felt kind of bad for Mark having been run off (deciding) to leave a website’s Lit section he used to comment on so figured I should help support his poor ass and all them kids and cats and stuff! You go, girl.
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I pick up *anything* that Mark writes, so of course I had to get “Red Sister”!
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Well, I have picked up Red Sister because I have since before read all of Mark’s published books, two of which are signed by himself. So I am always excited to see new content by him, and that’s the real reason why I picked up Red Sister.
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Big fan of all books by Mark Lawrence so I am interested in anything he writes at this point.
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I read the Broken Empire trilogy and the Red Queen’s War trilogy, had to read his next trilogy!
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A bad ass, odd little girl raised by nuns to be a mystical and deadly killing machine? Who could resist that blurb. Absolutely gripping, original and engrossing. Loved it.
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I’ve been a big fan of Mark’s works ever since I first read Prince of Thorns. I awaited the release of Red Sister with much anticipation and, now that I’m invested in the characters and their lives, await the release of Grey Sister with even more anticipation. It can’t come soon enough!
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How could i not, especially after broken empire…on day ill own that omnibus in meantime need to carry on. Red sister was a great book and pooking forward to see where it goes
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It was hard to top prince of fool’s series. But it did. It turned out to be my favorite of all your books which is crazy considering how much I liked all the other ones.
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Have read all Mark’s books -first on kindle -then worried that aliens would attack and destroy all electronic media- bought them all as real life books. If my favourite authors work so hard to produce good fiction so regularly, the least I can do is support them!
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The premise sounded amazing, the reviews were universally fantastic – still haven’t seen a bad one yet – and I had been itching to read some of Mark’s previous series. I thought this one sounded like a good place to start – especially as it’s a fantasy with a female lead
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Having loved the previous two series, how could I not! Currently making my way through the audio books too
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Happy new year to you as well!!
I wasn’t a fan of Prince of Thorns but had to try Red Sister when I heard everyone loved it so much… and I loved it too!! Can’t wait to get my hands on Grey Sister!
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I was looking for something new, something good and something quick. I found a review of Red Sister on the bestfantasybooks website at no. 2 on the 2017 list. Loved it! After reading that I promptly read the red queen trilogy. Loved that too!
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I bought Red Sister since I’ve loved everything Mark has written so far – I know it’s going to be awesome… but I haven’t read it yet (I’ve been hurt before). I thought I might start once Grey Sister is out and in my hands, since I know the final book is out in 2019.
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I bought red sister after finishing Mark Lawrence’s broken Empire and if anything it was a better read than the broken Empire. Definitely in my top 5 books of all time and I’m sure I will be rereading thisfor years to come.
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The previous books by the author made me pick it up.
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What made me read Red Sister was that I read the previous two trilogies and Mark became my favorite author through a tumultuous part of my life.
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I found the first book via recommendation… and then went on to recommend it myself! A great series, thoroughly enjoying 🙂
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I loved red sister, read through in like two days! Now I’m in desperate need of Mark Lawrence fix.
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I’ll go with the simpliest answer here: Mark’s previous works made me.
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All of Mark Lawrence’s book are gold amazing and there is no stopping him!!
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I have read every single one of Mark’s books and have signed copies of most of them. Huge fan and to get an ARC of Grey Sister would be perfect!
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I have read and loved almost every piece of Mark’s writing I could get my hands. Getting Grey Sister would be delightful.
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It wasn’t so much a choice to pick it up as a necessity. Prince of Thorns got me through a particularly stressful time and I’ve been a fan of his prose ever since. When Red Sister came out I buddy read it with a friend and now we’re already planning our reread before Grey comes out!
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I didn’t plan to pick it up, as in didn’t much like price of thorns. But 5 people messaged me just how awesome and different red sister was, so I gave it a try anyway. And feel utterly and completely in love!
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Really? You had to ask why I picked up ‘Red Sister’? It says Mark Lawrence right there on the cover. I’d read a prep school romance if he wrote it.
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Simple answer – it was written by Mark Lawrence.
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i read all your books
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I picked up prince of thorns back in the summer of 2011 and followed the adventures of Jorg, in 2014 I began to follow the adventures of Jalan. Both amazing characters in their own ways and different from each other. As a massive fan of Mark’s work I was over the moon to hear about Red Sister. Assassin nuns?! Hell yes! Regardless I would of picked up this book anyway but the draw of such a force of femininity was exactly what I had been craving. I would be over joyed to receive a signed copy of Grey Sister, it would keep my signed copy of Red Sister company!
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I received it in my illumicrate box. It took me a while to get around to picking it up but when I finally did, I was hooked.
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I picked up Red Sister because I pick up anything by Mark Lawrence! Also, I was really excited by the whole premise ^_^ what’s not to love?
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After the Prince of thorns series and the Prince of fools how could I not follow up with this series.. And as usual, mark didn’t disappoint. Epic
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When an author is good, I mean really good, your radar turns on and you will read anything that the author produces. You could have announced a cereal box cover and I would have pre-ordered on Amazon.
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I read The Red Sister because I adore the complex and interesting world Mark Lawrence created in The Broken Empire series. Meeting Jalan Kendeth in The Red Queen’s War made me enjoy Lawrence’s ability to fully develop a character. I wanted to see what he could do in terms of a lead female role. Could he be as consistent, and appropriately darkly humored with a lady? Turns out he can, and now i am excited to follow up The Red Sister with the Grey.
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I have an irrational attraction to trilogies. And an unhealthy obsession with Mark’s work.
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All of Marks previous works have blown me away. I didn’t expect anything else from red sister.
Also, my partner wanted to give it a try. First Mark Lawrence book she’s read.
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I’ve been hooked on Mark’s writing since Jorg got stuck in those hookthorns so getting Red Sister was a no-brainer.
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I’ve been a fan of Mark since The Broken Empire and when I heard he was coming out with a book with a female lead I just knew I had to read it! His male characters are awesome and he is such a good writer and I just knew that it’ll turn out awesome too!😁
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I read The Red Sister because I’ve been following Mark Lawrence’s works ever since his book The Prince of Thorns came out. I have enjoyed each one of them for their wit and beautiful prose, and I couldn’t say no to more of it.
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I read Red Sister as I read all of Mark’s books. Always fun, engaging, full of action and deep characters. With my limited amount of free time (3 yr old triplets), it’s a great escape when I have the opportunity.
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Have loved reading Mark Lawrence since The Broken Empire. Now every time there is a new book from him, I buy it without hesitation. So looking forward to Grey Sister!
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After reading both the prince of thorns trilogy and the prince of fools trilogy (my personal favourite)… how could I not be excited to read red sister. I was not disappointed, loved it from start to finish
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I have not yet read Red Sister, but the reason I will pick it up and read it is because I so loved the other six books (fools & liar trilogies) so much.
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I haven’t read Red Sister yet. I hear it’s fantastic and would live to win Grey sister so I can marathon them.
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Found the idea of Red Sister so interesting. Looking forward to book two.
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I picked up Red Sister because I had no choice. I loved the Broken Empire so much that there was very little chance of me not reading something Mark Lawrence wrote.
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I read RED SISTER because:
a. Mark Lawrence said I could never eat pie again if I didn’t read it.
b. I thought it was about a Communist nun.
c. I’m an only child with a fascination for aliens and was intrigued by a story about having a sister from Mars.
d. Anything written by Mark Lawrence is liable to be awesome.
One of these answers is true.
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I picked up Red Sister because of everything Mark Lawrence has written before this and it has been my favourite so far.
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After being a big fan of Mark Lawrence for years I couldn’t not pick it up!
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My 2nd favourite colour is red and I have a sister.
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Just about to read Red Sister thanks to it finally coming to my local library! Would really love a signed copy of any of his books!!!!
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Friends recommended red sister so I read it and became a fan
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Because its written by Mark. Each series gets better and better. His books are awesome!
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Nuns. Killer Nuns.
Lawrence. Mark Lawrence.
and how could I not, after Mark plugged it for months, and all those reviews flooded in well before it came out. Truly felt like everyone had read it but me.
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Well, to start, the book is by Mark Lawrence, for whom I have developed a like of his writing! Having read all of his other material, I was ecstatic to learn of his new series, and boy, he did not disappoint! I feel that Red Sister was the best book I read in 2017, and am eagerly awaiting Grey Sister!
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Mark is one of the few authors that has made it onto my Buy in Hardback list, and has been for some time now.
I was always going to get Red Sister, the added bonus is that it was fecking great!
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After the Broken Empire series, I have to see how Mark makes his readers sympathize with bastards again. Complete sorcery!
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I was only reading urban fantasy and the occasional epic. I saw Red Sister on Net Galley and it sounded awesome so I requested a copy. I devoured it! It got me hooked on grimdark!
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Recs from the Grimdark Facebook group and Goodreads. It sounded awesome, and was.
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Jorg and the Broken Empire. Jalan and Snorri. I was excited to meet Nona and a new world.
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Your other books were great.
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I discovered Red Sister by way of the Amazon “Customers who bought this item also bought” . . .On it’s surface sounded like much needed counter programming in a testosterone driven industry. I was in the mood to read a series that centered women characters in an all female environment.
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I keep on meeting this suspicious Agnes character at book signings and other events in London so I thought I’d better read Red sister before she got too offended! Glad I did though, fantastic stuff!
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When I heard there was a covenant I thought it was the third and final arc in Whoopi Goldberg’s Sister Act trilogy
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Mark Lawrence is one of my favourite writer, so it was a must-buy!
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I loved Red Sister so would be super excited to win this!
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I adored Broken Empire, but couldn’t afford any more hardbacks. Then, because there was a stonking great deal on Kindle (I got the audio version, too), Red Sister was mine!
Besides, Lawrence rocks, and honestly he hasn’t written anything I’ve felt was meh.
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I wanted something great to read, I had already read all of Mark Lawrence’s previous bokks, which I love, so I went for Nona – certain that I’ll like it – and I loved this too!
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Just like many others who have commented, i read it because i loved all of his other books, so why wouldn’t i read this one too? Boring answer but true.
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Read previous work. And killer nuns! Wasn’t disappointed, best book I’ve read last year.
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I heard about Red Sister at some cons I was at over the summer and picked it up. I thought it might work with my PhD thesis topic (Gods in contemp fantasy) and it also had me hooked from the first sentence. I sat down and read it in two sittings, just couldn’t stop. Nona Grey might be one of the best actualized female heroines coming of age I’ve read for a while, loved the friendship dynamics, learning set up, and the dangerous weave of church/state politics in the common life.
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All it took was the authors name.
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I’ve been frothing uncontrollably over Red Sister since the day it came out. It was my book of 2017, and I forced a whole six bloody people to read it. Nona’s my fucking hero.
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I was looking up some stuff on brent weeks newer series when I stumbled across an advanced preview review on red sister by someone. It basically compared it to marks other series, brents night angel series, the mist born books and some others, all of which I enjoyed so I noted to myself to get it when it comes out, but only finally picked it up just before xmas. I got half way through over the course of a week then spent a sat night reading the rest, finally finishing at 5am Sunday morning… Instantly tweeting at mark about it before finally sleeping =)
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I loved red sister. I picked it upo simply because it was by Mark Lawrence, well and the cover helped too. I am so excotess for Grey Sister to be released.
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That badass opening line. Works every time.
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It’s Mark Lawrence! How could you not pick it up?!?!
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I couldn’t resist. Everyone was raving about it. I had just finished Prince of Thorns and had all intentions of diving into the next one. But all the shouting about Red Sister enticed me. Oh, what a glorious book.
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Having read and love the Red Queen’s War series, how could I not!
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It is important, when writing an opening sentence, to ensure that you write a sentence of sufficient allure. For Red Sister Mark Lawrence wrote two.
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I love Mark Lawrence! Thanks for the opportunity!
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Well, Mark has written two really different, but also really controversial main characters. And know you are giving us a female version? A badass, maybe merciless girl who is also trained by nuns???
Yeah, and the world also seems interesting enough… WITH MAGIC NUNS!!!
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I have loved all of Marks previous books, so I was obviously going to buy Red Sister. And it just might be my favorite Mark lawrence book so far. I have huge hopes for grey Sister.
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Well, already read his previous books so I kind of knew what I could expect, and he sure did deliver!
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Already a big fan of Mark Lawrence I was really eager to pick it up even more so that Nona looked badass on all the artworks 🙂
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I bought Red Sister in order to prepare myself for the birth of my daughter. I thought it wise to gain insight into the trials and tribulations of the childhood and adolescence of girls. I’m glad I did. Not only did it provide the insight I was looking for, it was a superb read! 😃
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I’m new to the genre, and I hadn’t read any of Mark’s books before this. I was interested from the moment I saw the gorgeous cover of Red Sister; when I read the first sentence, I was sold.
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Loved Jorgs journey many moons ago, then had a great laugh reading about Jalan and Snorri so how could I not pick this series up! Was great to see a new world and all new charcters, can’t wait for Grey Sister!
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Love a strong and interesting female protagonist, plus all Mark’s works do not disappoint.
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I had read Price of Thorns and Prince of Fools and loved them both. Red Sister looked amazing, and when I picked it up I couldn’t put it down.
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I picked up Red because My shelf of Mark Lawrence Books Cannot be complete without me having read and stored on my shelf of Mark Lawrence books…
Damn it, Mark, I even have The Blackgaurds!
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OCD and the promise of violence.
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I am here for the signed book. Nothing more.
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Just in case my previous comment didn’t meet the conditions – because it was written by Mark !
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So looking forward to the next one
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