If you’re squeamish or prudish, consider yourself warned.

Martin’s penchant for bumping off lovable characters and cranks up the bloodshed to eleven. I only point this out because sex and violence aren’t everybody’s bag, and Nevernight delivers Game-of-Thrones levels of both. The first chapter, which splices between a rather juicy account of Mia committing her first murder and paying a ‘sweetboy’ to relieve her of her virginity, soon set me straight: we sail upon the good ship Hypatia no more, my friends. I haven’t had so much fun with a book since G emina. But I kind of presumed that, like the Illuminae Files, Nevernight would be YA, even though it’s shelved in the adult fantasy section at my local book shop. I knew very little about Nevernight before I started reading, except that it was by Jay Kristoff, one-half of the Illuminae writing team, and thus likely to be *awesome*. The Red Church is no ordinary school, but Mia is no ordinary student.

She must prove herself against the deadliest of friends and enemies, and survive the tutelage of murderers, liars and daemons at the heart of a murder cult. Six years later, the child raised in shadows takes her first steps towards keeping the promise she made on the day she lost everything.īut the chance to strike against such powerful enemies will be fleeting, so if she wants to have her revenge, Mia must become a weapon without equal. Critique Summary: *Claps hands in delight* OMG, this book is so fun (and bloody)!! Go read it.ĭestined to destroy empires, Mia Corvere is only ten years old when she is given her first lesson in death.

Nevernight by jay kristoff