WOW. I’m so glad that I finally picked up this book. I did a buddy read with Sara @ The Bibliophagist ! It was a lot of fun and we are now reading book two! I’ve been putting this review off because my thoughts are just all over the place. Good Luck! haha.
Mia is an ultimate badass. I was trying hard to use a different word but that just describes her so well. She’s been brought up to become an assassin. Her father was killed before her eyes, when she was younger. She was then ripped away from her mother and brother. They tried to kill her but she had some help. She’s a darken, which we are not really sure what that means yet. We do know, she has a shadow daemon called Mr. Kindley. She can also control the shadows and darkness. Her power starts to really come about later in the book. Turns out, she’s pretty powerful. Mr. Kindley communicates with her, drinks her fears, keeps her nightmares away and is her friend. He’s a lot comic relief because this book is dark. He’s really enjoyable!
This book is her journey to get to the Red Church, where she can study to become a Blade. Becoming a Blade means that she will be the finest assassin and one step closer to her revenge. I did get some Harry Potter vibes when they were in school. Not much because this was obviously way more brutal. Mainly, in their poisons/potions class. These kids want to be murderers, no wait, they are murderers. You see that a lot throughout this book. It is brutal.
There’s also a romance. It’s a good one too that starts as a friendship and is like a slow burn. I love those because they just mean more. It also keeps you on edge the whole book. They are both competing to be the top of the class, what do you expect will happen? I loved Tric. He was so good for Mia. He’s so sweet and caring! He’s like a hidden badass though. To most, he doesn’t seem like such a threat but he can be. I really enjoyed the relationship that he and Mia shared.
My biggest issue with this book are the footnotes. Some of them are relevant and have some fun commentary. Although, I started to find them really tedious. Some of the footnotes were longer than the actual plot on the page! A lot of it was just names and places that I will never remember. I did find that they pulled me out of the story and it was hard to re-connect quickly. I’m not going to lie, I started to skim them toward the end. Most of them were just not that relevant to me.
Overall, this was great from the get go. It’s full of a lot of action, exciting, scary, brutal, dark and entertaining. I had a VERY hard time putting my book down everyday!! I’m sure that Sara felt the same.
Glad you liked Nevernight! I loved it! You are right Mia is a badass 😀 And Mr. Kindly is the best. I want him 😍😍
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Haha! Yeah, he’s pretty great! I think I like him more in this second book.
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I really did feel the same! Putting this book down every night was so hard. Also, I totally agree, badass is the only way to describe Mia. 🙂
My thoughts are all over the place too, but one thing I know for sure is that I loved this book.
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This was a great book to buddy read. Could you imagine if one of us hated it?! haha! I have a feeling this next book is going to be even better!
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I don’t know what I would’ve done if one of us had hated it! It must be super awkward to do a buddy read when you have totally opposite reactions to the book!
I’m so excited to get further into Godsgrave. I wish I could just sneak chapters in at my desk. 🙂
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I know! I couldn’t imagine. It would be so awkward! It’s so good, I already sent you a message about it. It would be awesome if you could read on the job!
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I better get going on the next chapters!
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Take your time!
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I absolutely loved this book!!! I’ve been putting off reading Godsgrave because I don’t want to be in complete agony over the wait for Darkdawn.
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Yes!! So…. a lot of people told me to wait until closer to September. Well…. I just learned that he pushed it until NEXT September now. So, my plan went array and now I’ll have to suffer!!
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I am glad that you liked it ❤
I am stressed a bit by all the good books that I saw today and I feel like I need more time to discover them all!
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Haha! It really can be overwhelming. It just adds to the TBR list and I feel like I’ll never get a handle on it!
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Yesterday all the books I wanted to read this year kept popping up and torturing me! I don’t add all the books to the TBR because more stress, so I only hve 50-60 in my tbr and the other in a mental tbr
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Gotcha. That’s one way to go about it. I tend to just realize I’ll never read all the books I want. haha. My reading also changes, so I’ll go through and get rid of a lot on my TBR every couple of years.
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true that but I remove some and add many, lol!
And I like that you accepted the fact that you are not reading all the books!
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Haha! Thanks! I figure it would drop some anxiety that way! Lol
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Great review… you are definitely making me wanna pick this one up soon 😊😊
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Do it!!! It’s a great book and I think book 2 will be even better!
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Sounds awesome 😍😍😍
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