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A review by veraann
Darkdawn: Book Three of the Nevernight Chronicle by Jay Kristoff
5.0
Nevernight #3
Fantasy, Dark
What a ride this trilogy was. It must be read in order. It's a bit on the dark side. There is a lot of swearing. The characters have a fluid sexuality. There's politics, religion, action, betrayal, friendship. It all started with a girl from a noble family. She watched as that family was ripped away and killed. She escapes her own death to become an assassin and take her revenge. She finds she is much more than she believes and also how much of a pawn in a bigger game she really is.
The writing style is interesting. The writer has much flourish to the story. There are footnotes scattered throughout the books that talk about the world build and histories. The footnotes also have that authors snark.
At first I wasn't sure if I would like the series as initially the footnotes we're distracting and some of the metaphor usage was abundant but once I got into the flow of the style. The story was amazing. It felt like a bard in an inn telling me the tale.
Wonderful trilogy. Was excited to see the end and sad for it to end at the same time. There is no more story to read. But... Never, ever forget.
Fantasy, Dark
What a ride this trilogy was. It must be read in order. It's a bit on the dark side. There is a lot of swearing. The characters have a fluid sexuality. There's politics, religion, action, betrayal, friendship. It all started with a girl from a noble family. She watched as that family was ripped away and killed. She escapes her own death to become an assassin and take her revenge. She finds she is much more than she believes and also how much of a pawn in a bigger game she really is.
The writing style is interesting. The writer has much flourish to the story. There are footnotes scattered throughout the books that talk about the world build and histories. The footnotes also have that authors snark.
At first I wasn't sure if I would like the series as initially the footnotes we're distracting and some of the metaphor usage was abundant but once I got into the flow of the style. The story was amazing. It felt like a bard in an inn telling me the tale.
Wonderful trilogy. Was excited to see the end and sad for it to end at the same time. There is no more story to read. But... Never, ever forget.