Nevernight by Jay KristoffMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is the first book by Jay Kristoff that I have read. I can tell you now it will not be the last. Nevernight is one of the most original fantasies that I have read in awhile. At times it's equally magical and disturbing but what a book.
I should say right up front, there is an overabundance of language, sex and violence, surely a hard R rating.
The book is set in a world that is equal parts ancient Rome and Venice and is fascinating. As the book opens we meet our heroine, Mia Covere, daughter of Justicus Darius Covere, a leader of the Republic accused of being a traitor. As such he is hung and his family is stripped of all wealth. Her mother and baby brother thrown into prison and a sentence of death to come at the hands of two legionnaires for 10 year old Mia.
Through mystical and not understood means, Mia escapes and vows revenge against those responsible. Taken in by an old man, Mia is put on the path to become one of the world's great
assassins.
The world that Kristoff has built is rich and brutal as is Mia's schooling.
A world well worth visiting. No spoilers here. Read this at your peril. You will be hooked.
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