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Nevernight
by Jay Kristoff
Ok so wOW, WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT.
This quickly became one of my favourites.
Murder, action, magic, Hogwarts-but-dark, witty one liners, awesome writing, and did I mention, HILARIOUS. Put that all together and you have a masterpiece of a book.
Mia is certainly a kick-ass protagonist who you can definitely root for, but also morally should probably not. But we still do, and that's okay. And gosh, her dynamic with Mister Kindly. 10 stars for Mister Kindly's existence.
Tric, I wasn't so obsessed with. I mean he was ok as far as ok went. I didn't hate him. I didn't particularly love him either. I found him boring. There, I said it.
The plot twist had me screaming. "ooohhhh aaaaAAAAA!!"
The Shahiids, Naev, Mecurio were very likeable.
I also admire the fact that our characters aren't very morally aligned. Yay for antiheroes!!!
I did have a minor problem with the, "HEY EVERYONE GETS TO BE EXTRA BEAUTIFUL." Let me state this where it should be clear: the concept of beauty doesn't work towards one set standard. That's not how any of this works. "Wow suddenly everyone's beautiful, which makes them 1000x better, duh." Yeah? No. Not at all. Raised all three of my eyebrows when I read about it.
*Also a little end note, Cassius, however rare we got to see him, was a favorite of mine. I was rooting for him. But, oh well. I was more saddened by his death than Tric's. So...
This quickly became one of my favourites.
Murder, action, magic, Hogwarts-but-dark, witty one liners, awesome writing, and did I mention, HILARIOUS. Put that all together and you have a masterpiece of a book.
Mia is certainly a kick-ass protagonist who you can definitely root for, but also morally should probably not. But we still do, and that's okay. And gosh, her dynamic with Mister Kindly. 10 stars for Mister Kindly's existence.
Tric, I wasn't so obsessed with. I mean he was ok as far as ok went. I didn't hate him. I didn't particularly love him either. I found him boring. There, I said it.
The plot twist had me screaming. "ooohhhh aaaaAAAAA!!"
The Shahiids, Naev, Mecurio were very likeable.
I also admire the fact that our characters aren't very morally aligned. Yay for antiheroes!!!
I did have a minor problem with the, "HEY EVERYONE GETS TO BE EXTRA BEAUTIFUL." Let me state this where it should be clear: the concept of beauty doesn't work towards one set standard. That's not how any of this works. "Wow suddenly everyone's beautiful, which makes them 1000x better, duh." Yeah? No. Not at all. Raised all three of my eyebrows when I read about it.
*Also a little end note, Cassius, however rare we got to see him, was a favorite of mine. I was rooting for him. But, oh well. I was more saddened by his death than Tric's. So...