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Vespertine
by Margaret Rogerson
Author describes it as “medieval Venom with nuns and ghosts” and I can think of no better way to describe this book. I enjoyed reading this so, so much. The character of Artemisia is compelling, and you find inter-woven through the story, snippets of why she is the way she is. But as strange as it sounds the Revenant is my favourite character from this book. He is so snarky and just tired of everyone’s shit. The way that both characters grow is believable in the narrative, so often with YA books growth happens all at once, in this it was in a believable timeframe. Their distrust of each other and their growing friendship is everything, the perfect blend of dislike, exasperation, defence of each other and near constant bickering was perfect to me.
The world building and magic system is intricate but understandable. Not everything is dumped on the reader at the beginning, but we get to learn through the book. The religion is a gigantic part of this book, we are in the world where saints aren’t just some dusty relics of a bygone era but living, and in the process of doing the deeds which elevated them to that status in the first place.
Video Review Here - https://youtu.be/4K3DIQTYKO0
The world building and magic system is intricate but understandable. Not everything is dumped on the reader at the beginning, but we get to learn through the book. The religion is a gigantic part of this book, we are in the world where saints aren’t just some dusty relics of a bygone era but living, and in the process of doing the deeds which elevated them to that status in the first place.
Video Review Here - https://youtu.be/4K3DIQTYKO0