![]() ![]() ![]() There's a body count in the story that includes villages (including children) burned, people dismembered and crushed, and necks broken. Then when the crew goes on their adventure, they have to defend themselves, and that includes drowning, sword-fighting, and hand-to-hand combat. ![]() There is quite a bit of violence: The mercy killing involves the use of poison or, more often, blades to quickly slit throats. Frey and her squad are paid mercy killers (or death traders) who eventually decide to track and kill a Giant laying waste to a kingdom. Parents need to know that The Boneless Mercies is author April Genevieve Tucholke's gender-bent YA twist on the legendary Beowulf tale, featuring glory-seeking young women warriors instead of men. ![]()
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