Nevernight by Jay Kristoff

Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle, #1)

by Jay Kristoff

From New York Times bestselling author, Jay Kristoff, comes a dangerous new fantasy world and a heroine edged in darkness.

WINNER OF THE THE AUREALIS AWARD FOR BEST FANTASY NOVEL

Mia Corvere is only ten years old when she is given her first lesson in death.

Destined to destroy empires, the child raised in shadows made a promise on the day she lost everything: to avenge herself on those that shattered her world.

But the chance to strike against such powerful enemies will be fleeting, and Mia must become a weapon without equal. Before she seeks vengeance, she must seek training among the infamous assassins of the Red Church of Itreya.

Inside the Church's halls, Mia must prove herself against the deadliest of opponents and survive the tutelage of murderers, liars and daemons at the heart of a murder cult.

The Church is no ordinary school. But Mia is no ordinary student.

Reviewed by Emma (SCR) on

5 of 5 stars

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This review was originally posted on Star Crossed Reviews I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Thank you to Harper Voyager for my copy of this book via Netgalley. I have seen this book everywhere and wit Darkdawn coming out later this year I decided it was time to catch up. I have this book on audible too and listened to most of this rather than reading the netgalley version.

I struggled with the beginning of this book. I had to re-read the first chapter or two because I found it quite confusing. The story flicks back and forward between now and the past. It took me a little while to work that out. It also wasn't clear at all on the audio that this was happening. It could have done with some indication that there were two timelines. Once I got my head around this it was awesome!

Jay has a snarky, humorous writing style which I loved. Mia is a badass. She is strong, brave but also underneath quite caring. On the outside, she seems like a cold-hearted assassin but underneath that armour, there's a heart that wants to love and be loved. Once her revenge is complete obviously.

There are so many good characters in this book. Jay has a unique way of making me fall in love with them. I don't think any other author has made me fall for characters in the way I do in this book. My favourites were Ashlinn and Hush. Ash was cool and funny I really liked her. Hush was an interesting character and I didn't always trust him in this book but I think that's one of the reasons I like him. You never knew what he was up to.

I don't want to ruin the story so I won't say much more other than it's totally awesome. There are lots of totally ruthless moments on Jay's part which makes you fear for every character. Jay also doesn't try to make any of it pretty, he tells it straight up.

I totally loved this book and I am stoked to move straight on to Godsgrave.

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