Nevernight Published by St. Martin's Press on August 2016
Genres: Adult Fiction, Fantasy
Pages: 429
Format: eBook
Source: Publisher
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In a land where three suns almost never set, a fledgling killer joins a school of assassins, seeking vengeance against the powers who destroyed her family.
Daughter of an executed traitor, Mia Corvere is barely able to escape her father’s failed rebellion with her life. Alone and friendless, she hides in a city built from the bones of a dead god, hunted by the Senate and her father’s former comrades. But her gift for speaking with the shadows leads her to the door of a retired killer, and a future she never imagined.
Now, Mia is apprenticed to the deadliest flock of assassins in the entire Republic—the Red Church. If she bests her fellow students in contests of steel, poison and the subtle arts, she’ll be inducted among the Blades of the Lady of Blessed Murder, and one step closer to the vengeance she desires. But a killer is loose within the Church’s halls, the bloody secrets of Mia’s past return to haunt her, and a plot to bring down the entire congregation is unfolding in the shadows she so loves.
Will she even survive to initiation, let alone have her revenge? (
In a land where three suns almost never set, a fledgling killer joins a school of assassins, seeking vengeance against the powers who destroyed her family.
Daughter of an executed traitor, Mia Corvere is barely able to escape her father’s failed rebellion with her life. Alone and friendless, she hides in a city built from the bones of a dead god, hunted by the Senate and her father’s former comrades. But her gift for speaking with the shadows leads her to the door of a retired killer, and a future she never imagined.
Now, Mia is apprenticed to the deadliest flock of assassins in the entire Republic—the Red Church. If she bests her fellow students in contests of steel, poison and the subtle arts, she’ll be inducted among the Blades of the Lady of Blessed Murder, and one step closer to the vengeance she desires. But a killer is loose within the Church’s halls, the bloody secrets of Mia’s past return to haunt her, and a plot to bring down the entire congregation is unfolding in the shadows she so loves.
Will she even survive to initiation, let alone have her revenge? (
I’ve been waiting to read Nevernight for so long, now that I have, I don’t know how I feel about it.
Gripping, raw and gritty, yes. Multi-layered, heartbreaking and violent, yes. And wonderfully thrilling, full of so much heart it is easy to root for Mia immediatley.
This is NOT YA. I’ve seen other reviewers talk about how they don’t read YA etc. And while I do read YA, and this protagonist is 18 years old, this is not a YA book.
Prepare yourself for lots of violence, danger, bad words and sex.
I love it.
The world building is very complete, and embellished with humorous footnotes appearing on almost every page, courtesy of the narrator. Mia is a complicated character, out for revenge while trying to keep her humanity. Her dark passenger, Mr. Kindly, is hilarious bringing levity to the scenes. He is Mia’s conscious, the little voice in her head. If that voice was dry and dark and cat shaped (not a cat.)
And while Mia trains and almost dies, the cast of supporting characters really pull the story forward. Tric and Aishlinn give Mia more humanity while some others bring Mia’s anger and rage to the surface. Kristoff is not afraid to kill anyone and everyone so don’t get too attached.
I went right into Godsgrave. And gladly stayed in Kristoff’s world some more.
And I’ve preordered the third book out in September.
I mean, I need to emotionally prepare.
Kimberly majored in Songwriting and currently works full time in the music industry. When she's not listening to music, knitting or writing, you can find her outside reading her favorite genres: Young Adult, Adult Fiction, Mystery, and Romance.
