nevernight the nevernight chronicle book 1 jay kristoff

Some of that has to do with the very nature of her powers, I guess, but the rest has everything to do with what happened to her family. She has a lot of rage and darkness in her. Even though they were competitors, they were always supportive of each other.

Her scenes with Mia were among the most entertaining and I loved their friendship.

Also, she was pretty explicitly gay so more points to Kristoff for that. She was funny, irreverent and completely bonkers and I loved her. But my favourite (excluding Mia) would have to be Ashlinn. No character is safe in his world.Īmong the students, I loved Tric, Ashlinn and Carlotta and among the teachers there was Aalea, Spiderkiller, Naev and strangely enough, Cassius. And Kristoff was not shy about killing off characters. Everyone from the students to the teachers were so nuanced. Before I knew it, I was incredibly invested in these characters and their stories. So, to cut a long story short, I knew that Kristoff was going to tear my heart out and I still fell for it. Those guys are just plain evil but unfortunately, also very resilient and hard to kill.īut if you’ve read The Lotus War trilogy then you’re familiar with Kristoff’s love for causing immense pain to his readers by making sure that they fall in love with the characters and then pulling the rug from under their feet. Of course, that’s not true for the main bad guy. The antagonists leave you feeling torn between liking and hating them. Even his protagonists are problematic and far from perfect. Jay Kristoff has a gift for creating amazing and complex characters. The various locations like the city of Godsgrave, the Ashkahi wastelands and the Red Church were so incredibly detailed that they felt real.

The residents enjoy a short period of absolute darkness known as Treudark when all three of the suns set for a limited time. Jay Kristoff painted a rich and vibrant world, one that is perpetually bathed in light, courtesy of the three suns that orbit this strange planet. In the beginning, I almost gave up reading it because the writing felt jarring but thankfully, after a point, I got used to it and then could focus on other important things like the plot and the characters. It is still funny and sharp but it definitely takes time for the reader to acclimatise. My reading of this book was regularly interrupted so this review will be shorter than usual.

Nevernight by Jay Kristoff was as different from The Lotus Wars trilogy as possible with some key similarities the characters and their fates, but more on that later. Aurora Burning (Aurora Cycle #02) by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Review.Storm Cursed (Mercy Thompson #11) & Smoke Bitten (Mercy Thompson #12) by Patricia Briggs Review.

Nevernight the nevernight chronicle book 1 jay kristoff