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Nevernight

By: Jay Kristoff
Narrated by: Holter Graham
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From New York Times bestselling author, Jay Kristoff, comes a dangerous new fantasy world and a heroine edged in darkness.

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.

©2016 Neverafter PTY LTD Action & Adventure Dark Fantasy Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Humorous Romance Revenge Fiction Murder Crime Scary
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Critic reviews

‘If you love Robin Hobb or George R.R. Martin, you will adore NEVERNIGHT’
Starburst

‘With a delicate balance of the ancient and the magical, this tense and brutal tale is unflinching, thrilling and satisfying’
Publishers Weekly

‘Joins lyrical high fantasy, Pratchett-like humour and unflinching descriptions of violence . . . something special’ SciFi Now
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Original Review: 17 August 2017 - Book:

Having read Illuminae and Gemina that are co-written by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff and loving them I decided to read this to see what Jay's solo style was like. This took a while for me to get through because it was so detailed but in a good way as it was not over saturated. The world was rich and the characters well fleshed out and an amazing story to boot. The only thing that kept it from being a five star book was that it took a while to get going but that's no major complaint as most books that are first in a series are usually a bit slower to get started. Also liked the addition of the footnotes adding extra genuinely interesting bits of trivia about the world. Can't wait to see what's next for Mia!

Edit: 07 September 2018 - Audio:

After experiencing this for a second time and enjoying it even more owing to the audio having the footnotes inserted at the correct places making it easier to follow as well as great narration I have increased the rating from 4.75 Stars to 5 Stars.

Love it, and love it even more after listening

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This is a good story with a slow start but worth staying with as develops excellent in its world building. But, the narration is god awful, especially in the narrators attempt to create character voices.

A good story, excellent world building, awful narration/performance

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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.

Brutal and awesome

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Awesome main character, twists and turns, sorry it’s ended. Now have to find a tale as good...

Engrossing

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Writing was good, but the narrator paused in strange places, emphasised arbitrary words and his whispering of the shadow characters was so quiet that half the time I couldn't hear what he was saying.

Interesting story, mediocre narrator

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