Series ✦ Penny’s Take
Seven Mercies
Elizabeth May · 2022
74/100
👍 Worth It
A satisfying and action-packed close to the Seven Devils duology, with character work that pays off the emotional investments readers made in book one. The LGBTQ+ relationships are treated with care, not as spectacle. The AI villain arc is the weakest thread, but the found-family dynamics carry the book across the finish line with real momentum.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: violence, war, and trauma content throughout · LGBTQ+ romantic content — not appropriate for children. We still scored it 74; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety65
substance75
craft74
originality72
accuracy78
hype70
age-fit55
human-eye76
Penny’s verdict74
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