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    Nevernight

    Written by Jay Kristoff

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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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateSep 7, 2017
    ISBN9780008280079
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    Nevernight
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    Jay Kristoff

    Jay Kristoff is the NEW YORK TIMES and internationally bestselling author of The Lotus War, The Illuminae Files, and The Nevernight Chronicle. He is a winner of five Aurealis Awards, nominee for the David Gemmell Morningstar and Legend awards, named multiple times in the Kirkus and Amazon Best Teen Books lists and published in over thirty-five countries, most of which he has never visited. He is as surprised about all of this as you are.

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    • 5/5
      “Maw’s Teeth” this is one of the most amazing stories that I have ever had the pleasure of beginning and sorrow of finishing. I want this story to actually be as long and continuous as the ongoing never ending Cinder series. Nevernight has the most amazing and realistic ( in personas ) characters that I have ever played put in my head as I read. The action, the personality of characters, the failing romance, the teachings, the religIon and settings unbelievably jump off the page. From the introduction of the narrator, to the last scene ( which fills your cup with intense action) this story comes to live instantly. I haven’t been this excited about a book since I started reading about 3 years ago. I don’t wanna say anything specific except, if you have a faint of heart with violence and direct, in your face attitudes, unrelenting back stabbing deception, death and the most realistic use of dialogue ( aka cussing, which is mire typical in 16 years old then some want to admit), this book is not for you. Mia rocks, Tric, is realistically secretive, Ash has the sarcasm and wit of a negative drag queen and Jessamine is a pure “B”. Set in a fantastical version of Italy ( in my minds eye) and so much backstory interjections from our narrator, you can’t help but visually create each and every element of this story. Jay Kristoff, co creator of the Illuminae Files, has given us a wonderful tale that will send you screaming as you shut the back cover. Craving the next installment just as much as your own personal addiction ( coffee, chocolate, cigarettes, all things Disney, gambling, Gummi Colas, etc.) HeHeHe

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    • 5/5
      Amazing narrator I couldn’t stop
      Can’t wait for the others audiobook to be available
    • 5/5
      Great audiobook! It really made the characters come to life.
    • 5/5
      The world-building is really good and the story is action packed. The narrator’s performance is superb!!!
    • 5/5
      What an incredible story. Was captivated from start to end with a good plot, fascinating world and memorable characters. Very different and amusing writing style that I enjoyed.
    • 5/5
      4.5. Well, well, well. What a dark road and twist. Very looking forward for the next book,
    • 5/5
      The Audiobook was great. I love it!! The narrator is funny and i just love the story.
    • 5/5
      Such a great book! love the narrator. The start is a bit slow but it's really worth it! I would recommend it to anyone else who enjoys stories with a school setting where the students learn different skills.
    • 5/5
      Where it begin with this book...
      The writing style is phenomenal and descriptive
      , the storyline itself is fast paced- the main character totally badass. So much Violence (surprised me to be honest) but it was entwined into the storyline in such a way that it added depth. I’m very keen to learn more about what is to come in the next part! I like the aspects of the Novel that makes it unique, I feel like I haven’t read a story like this before!
    • 5/5
      Amazing! The narrator is splendid as well! The main character is absolutely hilarious, the story is written in such a captivating narrative, everyone that loves fantasy should absolutely read this.
    • 5/5
      A story so raw and brutal, astonishingly witty. Nevernight, yet dark enough. Great.
    • 5/5
      A promising start. I'm looking forward to the next two instalments. Definitely not for children or teens, gritty adult fantasy at its best
    • 5/5
      Violence, gore and cruelty! This is a story that you will either love or hate. I am absolutely in the love category! Some people had issues with how the book was composed. Yes, there were some abuses of the English language, specifically metaphors and similes. Purple prose (prose that is too elaborate or ornate) does abound BUT the overall story with the characters are so freaking awesome that the abuses did not ruin it for me.Another thing that is love or hate about this book is that there are footnotes, which last for the first quarter of the book. The story is narrated in the third person voice and the footnotes are from the narrator’s point of view. They are there as additional information or funny side notes from his side of things. They are informative but also snarky at times. I personally found great humor in these footnotes and was glad for them.Now you are probably wondering what Nevernight actually means in this book or is it just a cool title? In this world of gods and men the citizens of the Republic lack darkness. Nevernight is the time of day when Itreya’s weather turns slightly cooler and makes it easier to sleep. There is no darkness and the actual day lasts two and a half years. Yeah, I would go mad. "Never flinch. Never fear. Never forget."The character of Mia Corvere is hell bent on revenge at all costs. She trains for six years just to have a shot at entering the Red Church so that she can be trained to become one of the deadliest assassins that the Red Church has to offer- a Blade. What she did not know is that there are only a few of those positions open and she will have to compete against her fellow trainees to earn a position. She is a strong, confident, and fantastic character.I honestly enjoyed every character in this book. I love that Naev speaks of herself in third person. Tric was a great character and he was the one true ally of Mia. I wish there had been more development with him. There was also Mr. Kindly who was a shadow that sort of resembled a cat and his job is to eat fear. I enjoyed his addition to this story quite a bit. Honestly I loved the entire cast. They all had great backstories and development.Understand though that there are no good guys in this book. Every person there serves or wants to serve the Night Goddess who is the Lady of Blessed Murder. They are stone cold killers and must present proof of their kills to even be considered for training. Do not expect princesses, unicorns or even a happy ending. There are explicit sexy times. There is brutality and there is unforgiveness. There is no room for softness in this book. It is an absolute masterpiece. I highly recommend.
    • 5/5
      Amaziiiinnggg
      The book was fantastic, as well as the reader. His voice kept me glued until the end. What a roller coaster!
    • 5/5
      This quickly became one of my favourites. Soon as I listened to this I bought all the books and never looked back. ???
    • 4/5
      Slow to start, but one hell of a ride. Such clever sassy dialogue. A fascinating world. Rich intertwined, stories, characters that you can really love and also hate. Beautiful yet violent and intriguing to the core.

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    • 5/5
      It was so well written and jam packed with action I loved it
    • 5/5
      WHAT THE ACUTUAL F******* HELL, PERFECT BOOK AND EVEN BETTER IN AUDIO.
    • 4/5
      Favorite book I read this year.
    • 4/5
      If you can push through the shockingly poor start, this is quite a good book. I can assure the narration and the writing become far less grating, though you will have to push through the first hour or two. Aside from that it is quite well written with a few twists that will throw even the most seasoned reader, and the narration turns out to be quite pleasant and helpful to the telling of the story.

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    • 5/5
      I loved this book. It was so interesting to me. This was like nothing I had read. This book was about a school for assassins. Specifically, this is a book about a girl named Mia who wants to become an assassin so she can get revenge for her father who was hanged and for her mother and her younger brother who were locked up in an infamous prison where she was left for madness. (Also in this prison once a year most of the prisoners brutally try to murder each other because whoever is left standing gets released.) This book had all the right twists and turns in my opinion. Anytime I started to wonder about a specific plot point or person who had been introduced, they would reappear, so I found the pacing to be really good. I really loved the plot of this book. Yes, there are other books where specific types of people go to a school to hone their talents (Harry Potter), but this felt quite unique to me. I never felt like I had already read it in a different form before. I also loved the main character, Mia. Mia has the power to control shadows, she's a darklin. She doesn't really know anything about her abilities or what she actually is because there are almost no other people who share her power. Many people at the school say she has been chosen by the night goddess, but she isn't sure she believes that. She is a very determined person but she grows a lot over the course of the story which was very enjoyable for me to read. I really liked watching her come into her own at the school and figuring out how to harness her powers and let go of her past. She was definitely a fascinating main character. I also loved all the secondary characters. My favorite was Naev. She was very spunky in my opinion. She worked as a hand in the assassin school that Mia is at and Mia helped her on the way to the school. I feel that sometimes with these kinds of characters who give the main characters advice and just work in the background can all have the same personality but Naev was very determined and very strong willed and very much not a push over, She would help Mia throughout the book but only after Mia proved herself to Naev. I also loved the character of Tric. Tric is another student at the assassin school and travels there with Mia. He is also kind of the love interest. He has an incredibly interesting backstory and a very strong personality. He is very self-conscience of his background and where he comes from and his early life and it is very interesting to see that come out throughout this book. All the other characters have similar strong personalities that I would expect from a group of assassins. I also really enjoyed reading about the school itself. In the school, all the student go to different classes that will help them become a great assassin in the hope that at the end they will be one of the few chosen to become a blade. Everyone who does not become a blade will become a hand and work at the school. At the school, we read about four teachers along with a librarian, the headmistress, and the leader of the blades. One of the teachers teaches swordplay, one teaches pickpocketing, one teaches poisons, and one teaches manipulation through sex and persuasion. All these teachers pose a challenge to the students and winning that challenge is one way to become a blade. I found these challenges to be fascinating. They were all so detailed and cool. I also loved the librarian characters. He was so intriguing and definitely a voice of reasons. The world-building in this book was also incredible. It was so interesting to read about a world with three suns based on Italy and ancient Rome. Reading about the political subterfuge and the underworld of assassins was really cool. I loved reading about the religion in this book and the systems of punishment and justice. A lot of the history of this book was told in footnotes in this book which I loved. I love footnotes in my books and I think it was a really clever way to explain the history of the world. There were also flashbacks in the beginning of a lot of the chapters that explained why Mia wanted to become an assassin. Sometimes I really don't like consistent flashbacks because it can rip me out of the story but I feel it was done well. The ending left enough open that I'm not disappointed but very excited for the next book and there we some twists that I never saw coming that were executed very well. I cannot wait for the next book to come out. If you are thinking about reading this book, do so and do it quickly!
    • 3/5
      This here is some kind of fucked up Harry Potter, but replace some of the magic with murder.

      I'm not usually one to write reviews, but here are some of my thoughts on the book. Call it a review if you'd like. This is for the Audiobook version.

      The book starts off with a weird duality of the same lines being used to describe both a first kill and some freaky underage deflowering, which comes off somewhere between disturbing and confusing.
      Speaking of flowers, the descriptions and the writing style are very flowery and sometimes it got to be a bit much. It also felt at times like the author was trying too hard to be edgy.

      It took a while to get the story going. By the third chapter it seemed the main character was still being introduced and no story was yet being told. At least not in the present timeline. At first, it seemed this book intended to use the classic two timeline thing, which I'm not all that into. However, after the story got going properly the timeline switches were reduced to occasional scenes, which is totally fine. At some point after it got going, I did start to enjoy the story.

      There are explicit sex scenes. I'm not sure how I feel about them. I don't know if it's the writing, narration, or if I'm just not used to sex being described so explicitly in a book. Though I have read a few that had fairly explicit scenes, this felt even more so. It didn't bother me, but I didn't really enjoy either.

      I'm often pretty good at catching the twist early, but this time it surprised me. Though I did place my suspicions correctly at one point, the red-herring was done well enough that I bought it. After the reveal, everything fell into place quite nicely.

      Slow start, overly flowery descriptions and the occasional try-hard edgy writing aside, it's still a good book. Not amazing, but good. Probably a 3.5, but I decided to round it down.

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    • 5/5
      I was gifted Nevernight by bestselling Australian fantasy/SciFi author Jay Kristoff, in 2019 from my Secret Santa (thank you again Little Miss Starr) via the Aussie Readers + Bloggers Secret Santa Exchange, and had hoped to have read it long before now, but better late than never!“Never flinch. Never fear. And never, ever forget.”In a land of three suns, where darkness falls just once a year, a young girl hides amongst the shadows. Mia Corvere, the orphaned daughter of a highborn family, is determined to avenge the murders of her parents and younger brother by the corrupt members of The Republic, no matter the cost. Chance leads her to the door of a mentor who prepares her to join the Red Church, a secretive organisation of assassins where she may earn a position as a Blade of the Lady of Blessed Murder, and thus the skill to vanquish her enemies, if she can survive among a hall of killers to graduate.Nevernight is an entertaining fast paced read, offering plenty of action, intrigue and interesting worldbuilding. Though the main thrust of the plot isn’t particularly unique, Kristoff does add his own imaginative touches so that the story doesn’t feel stale, and I was quickly engrossed in the tale from the first few pages.Mia is plucky, pragmatic, deadly and determined, but it’s her gift of weaving shadows that gives her an edge as an assassin. Mis doesn’t really understand her ability, she thinks of it as something that found her, in the form of Mr Kindly - a cat made of shadows that also feeds on her fear, rather than something that is part of her. I liked Mia a lot, like all fantasy heroines she has a streak of idealism that conflicts with her ability to create mayhem and murder. The cutthroat competition of the Red Church apprenticeship isn’t always easy for her, especially when it pits her against those she has befriended.Nevernight is both more violent and more sexually suggestive, and explicit, than I expected, as I was under the mistaken impression it was considered a YA novel. This wasn’t an issue for me, but it’s perhaps important to note that despite its teenage protagonist, Nevernight is written for an adult audience.The overall tone of Nevernight is quite dark, what with deaths and monsters, but there is also plenty of wit and sarcasm which I appreciated. I confess Nevernight occasionally feels a touch overwritten, but not so much that I cared, I enjoy a creative metaphor and Kristoff supplies plenty. I can take or leave the author’s fetish for footnotes though, I found it easiest to read through them at the end of each chapter. An exciting tale of love and loss, bloodshed and betrayal, dark and light, Nevernight is the first book in the Nevernight Chronicle trilogy. Godsgrave and Darkdawn are already available, I hope to read both soon.
    • 2/5
      How disappointing. I thought this would be right up my street and reviews are mostly positive. But I really struggled and gave up at about page 100. I found the foot notes really distracting and annoying - a good writer should be able to get this info into a story without footnotes. Plus the text size on my copy was really small which did not help. I may try again in audiobook format in the future and see if I get on better with this then.
    • 4/5
      When the narrator tells you (on page one) that this story isn't going to have a happy ending...reader, you should listen. This book is DARK, and the dark stuff just keeps coming. This book is also full of the purplest of prose, so the reading experience is unusual and takes a bit to adjust to.But oh reader...this one is worth it. Mia is a protagonist to savor - her journey is exciting and heartbreaking, and she loves and grows and learns within these pages. Knowing her story will undoubtedly end in tragedy makes the time spent sweeter. I can't wait to jump into book two.
    • 4/5
      The story of Mia's journey of revenge is immersive, dark, and riveting. I almost stopped reading after 60 pages because I found the amount of crudity shocking, but I'm glad I stuck with it.

      PSA: Nevernight is not YA (contrary to some misleading shelving by librarians and bookstores). Solidly NA or just adult.
    • 5/5
      “Maw’s Teeth” this is one of the most amazing stories that I have ever had the pleasure of beginning and sorrow of finishing. I want this story to actually be as long and continuous as the ongoing never ending Cinder series. Nevernight has the most amazing and realistic ( in personas ) characters that I have ever played put in my head as I read. The action, the personality of characters, the failing romance, the teachings, the religIon and settings unbelievably jump off the page. From the introduction of the narrator, to the last scene ( which fills your cup with intense action) this story comes to live instantly. I haven’t been this excited about a book since I started reading about 3 years ago. I don’t wanna say anything specific except, if you have a faint of heart with violence and direct, in your face attitudes, unrelenting back stabbing deception, death and the most realistic use of dialogue ( aka cussing, which is mire typical in 16 years old then some want to admit), this book is not for you. Mia rocks, Tric, is realistically secretive, Ash has the sarcasm and wit of a negative drag queen and Jessamine is a pure “B”. Set in a fantastical version of Italy ( in my minds eye) and so much backstory interjections from our narrator, you can’t help but visually create each and every element of this story. Jay Kristoff, co creator of the Illuminae Files, has given us a wonderful tale that will send you screaming as you shut the back cover. Craving the next installment just as much as your own personal addiction ( coffee, chocolate, cigarettes, all things Disney, gambling, Gummi Colas, etc.) HeHeHe
    • 3/5
      3.5I may not be much of a cat person but Mister Kindly is a beautiful, lovely shadow, not cat. I loved his dialogue.I overall enjoyed most of the dialogue between characters, some of it was a little humorous. None of the "twists" really surprised me, I found I saw most of them coming a mile away. I liked the writing style to a degree but at times it was a bit overdone obviously unnecessarily so.Something else I found to be lacking was how the red church "school/competition" was written. It definitely had the opportunity to be stronger if it had been more developed instead of having more of a focus on Mia and her crew. In turn, I think better world development would have made the novel more intriguing and the environment the characters were in more meaningful as well as unique.***UPDATE*** I just remembered that I also really liked Bastard the horse. Also, my inner teacher spirit would be the poison teacher but a whole lot meaner, just say'in.
    • 4/5
      This was a great book. It started a little slow for me. The beginning was a little confusing, and the footnotes irritated me. But once Mia got to assassin school, the story really picked up. By the time I reached the last few chapters, I stayed up late to finish it. It was that good.

      There is graphic sex and violence throughout the book. It is definitely not a children's book.

      I received an ARC from NetGalley
    • 5/5
      Loved this from the moment I picked it up. So much to recommend reading Nevernight, especially if you are a YA Fantasy author. I loved the shadows, (of course I did,) the not cat, (Mr Kindly) and especially the kick-ass heroine, Mia who is determined to avenge her father's killers. This gritty young girl is spurred to revenge by witnessing the death of her father and the subsequent cruelty meted out to her remaining family members.

      All the characters were so well defined - and I adored Tric. I know some readers develop book boy crushes and he'd be mine!

      This is YA but there are some seriously sexy scenes which are written so well that my jaw dropped! Ha ha... If I ever want to write sexy scenes I better bookmark these!

      The plot and world building were phenomenal. I was a little kind of oh, please tell me this is not happening.... by something that occurred towards the end of the novel, but no spoilers...

      I wish I had read Nevernight before I started writing The Curse of Time as there were so many parallels and that made me go WOW... In A Massive YEAH WAY! It should be compulsory reading for all fantasy authors! Definitely a favourite. No doubts I will continue with this series and read Godsgrave.