The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (Hart and Mercy, #1)

by Megan Bannen

“Most people start with hello.” “Hello, Hart-ache,” she sighed. “Hello, Merciless.” He

“Most people start with hello.” “Hello, Hart-ache,” she sighed. “Hello, Merciless.” He

love it!!!! love the nicknames!

Hard

typo. Hart not Hard.

Salt Sea and all gods of death, Hart did kind of love that brat.

awwww.... I love Penrose Duckers as well.

There it was, a truth so evident that it may as well have been painted on his forehead in red letters. He was helplessly, boundlessly, stupidly in love with Mercy Birdsall.

yes! omg. so romantic. best chapter yet.

“Thanks for inviting me in, Merciless.” The nickname sounded fond rather than insulting.

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He lingered an inch from her face, as if he needed to work up the courage, before he pressed a soft, sweet kiss to her lips. It was over too soon, but then she heard his hat hit the floor as he reached for her with both hands,

holy shit. I got butterflies. this is so potent.

“No, you could have explained—past tense—but you didn’t. Now you can’t, because I’m not interested in hearing your excuses.” Everything was crashing down around him. He was losing her, all of her—Mercy and her letters. “You have to believe me,” he begged her. She cut him off with an incredulous, bitter laugh. “I’m sorry, what? I have to believe you? Why? So you can find some other way to weasel into my pants?” “I would never—” “You would never what? Lie to me?”

I'm not loving Mercy here. in all honesty she's lacking in grace. For a woman who "loves" him, she's also not willing to try for him. The fact she's overlooking here is they've had 4 years of being enemies. 4 yeeeears. They've only 'been together' for 3 months at this time. Hart isn't the most forthcoming with his thoughts and feelings, and Mercy hasn't given him a single inch in 4 years. If she'd bother to pause and think it through, I think she could have forgiven him here. Instead she's letting her short fuse win and ruin things, and it makes me disappointed in her character. As a side note, I also don't get the whole 'beint upset that he's her secret pen pal'. I get the part where he lied about not being able to write, but being angry that he kept his identity as her pen pal secret just seems over kill to say, 'leave and never come back'. Make him grovel a bit, make him sorry, but it's not such a big thing to cut him out of your life.

Why had he written the letters in the first place? Why had the nimkilim decided she was the recipient? Why had he humiliated her at the Little Wren Café, only to turn around and woo her a week later?

you know what would solve this? talking to him. or better yet! letting him explain in the first fucking place.

Hart, but he was the one who had lied. He was the one who needed to explain himself. If he wasn’t willing to swallow his pride and come after her, he didn’t deserve her. And the fact that he apparently didn’t feel compelled to beg her forgiveness

dumb. should he, yes. but he's also a character that isn't going to step over your boundaries for what he's going to seem a selfish persuit. he loves her so he's going to abide by her decision even if it kills him. just proves to me that Mercy doesn't really know him.

“Hartley James, put on your jacket!” Mom shouted

why are we just now finding out his full name?

“I’m sorry,” he sobbed. “I don’t want to hear ‘I’m sorry, Mercy’ or ‘I don’t deserve you, Mercy’ or ‘I hope you find someone else, Mercy’! I want to hear ‘I love you, Mercy’!” She slammed the letter onto the bedside table and gasped for air. Hart let go of the headboard and turned to stare at her, dumbfounded, before he found his words. “Well, of course I love you, Mercy. Was that up for debate?”

awww....