By: Jay Kristoff
Daughter of the Pirate King #1 | 311 Pages | Pub. 2016
Nevernight at a Glance
- Overall Rating: ★★★★★
- Heroine: “Fuck running! I’m in a bloody corset” is our forever mood
- Dude: We’d sneak out of our rooms for him
- Steaminess: Tric wins the Hall of Masks in our minds
- Brutality: Bludgeoned to death with your own limbs
Pairs Well With:
Black Widow Martini
- 1 1/2oz. Black rum
- ¾ oz Creme de cacao
- 1 cup ice
- Black food color
- Brown sugar for rim
Our Review
Ok, we don’t know what evil gods Kristoff prayed to so that they could send him this story, but we would also like to make an offering.
Nevernight is the kind of book that’ll have you questioning whether you are evil for liking it but ending up not caring what it says about you. And probably plotting ways to gather your enemies teeth for the Red Church’s tithe. So, if blood and chaos are your thing, you won’t be able to put this book down because each page is progressively more brutal and will have you clutching your cat hoping at least someone makes it out alive.
This story centers around badass queen of darkness Mia Corvere entering a training school for assassins. But this training isn’t your typical boarding school… Imagine a mix of Hogwarts, Arobynn Hamell’s Assassin’s Keep, and a little of Divergent, where the only people who make the train jump get to be in their house. But then maybe add a dose of Carrie…because is it even a good book without bathing in some pig’s blood? And instead of losing house points you’re more likely to lose a limb. Sounds fun, right?
Sure, the Red Church is creepy but honestly we were 100% here for it. We recognize that we wouldn’t even make it to the mountain, much less initiation, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t obsessed with every creepy thing. Potions class at the Red Church makes the OG professor Snape look like a teddy bear. And don’t get us started on the Hall of Masks.
And y’all thought traveling to the Ministry of Magic via toilet was gross? Add gallons of pig blood to the equation and you get the Red Church’s favorite mode of transportation.
Plus
“If you’d like to go somewhere and quietly fuck yourself, I’ll be waiting patiently for your return.”
Besides the brutally of this book, WE LOVED MIA. Mia is such a flawed and broken heroine, but she is still good deep, deep, deep down. She is feisty and loyal and learns how to plot in a way that would make Aelin proud.
We loved that she is obsessed with books and learning so her sum total is not just her fighting skills. She’s morally grey at times but isn’t afraid to go after what she wants and is honest to the core. We’d like a hundred more Mia characters please.
And don’t get us started on Tric. This man… swoon… His training totally paid off and we appreciate his… “dedication.” 😉 Plus, face tattoos? We’d risk a flogging so he can take our bad dreams away too.
“‘…I think you had best visit the weaver after the boy…’ ‘And why’s that?’ ‘… your brain and ovaries seem to have switched places…’’
And finally we need to appreciate Mister Kindly, the sassiest not-cat who will call you out on your shit. He gives us total Cheshire Cat vibes and who wouldn’t want this not-feline to suck your fear away and keep you company in the darkness.
Have you read Nevernight Let us know what you thought in the comments!
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I loved Nevernight and I loved your review! Now I want to reread the book because the waiting for the third one is killing me and you makes me miss Mia and Mr. Kindly so much!!!
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You should 1000% reread it! I just finished it wednesday and I already want to reread it!! You can’t get enough of mister kindly!!
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I LOVE your review and I’m so happy that you loved this book! ❤️
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I’m so glad we followed your lead and picked this one up!!!!
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I love your review as much as I loved the book 😍😍😍😍 I’m laughing so much right now… your writing is hilarious 😊😊😊
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Haha thank you!!! Glad you liked it!!!
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I love your description and love for Mia 😂
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We seriously have no chill about this book!!! Thank you!!!
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I CAN’T wait to read this! It’s been on my shelf for forever now! And this review is everything🖤
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Omg I hope you like it (and read it immediately so we can fangirl together)
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I’m on it!! I’m reading 2 books already but what’s one more, right?
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Great review! I’ve heard so many good things about this book but this review just made me want to move this even higher up on my TBR. Thanks for sharing!
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This book was so good! I’m confident you’ll love it!!! Thank you!
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AHHH I can’t wait to read this book now, great review always!
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Thank you!!
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One of my favourite books ever, you need to read Godsgrave now 😁🖤
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I know! We need to take a quick break to reel from this one and then we are heading straight for Godsgrave!
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Just be warned Dark Dawn has been put back til next year for release 😩
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I heard that. The anticipation may kill me.
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[…] of good reviews, did you see Teagan and Jess’s review of Nevernight?! It made me want to read it again for the first […]
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Soooooooo getting into this, this weekend. I was listening to it at work, and zero work was being done.
Plus the fear of my head phones coming out and everyone hearing murder out loud might be awkward af.
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Girl goooood luck! And LOL sometimes you gotta keep your coworkers on their toes, nothing livens up the the workplace more than murder books?
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Hahaha right?
And maybe now they will give me space and not ask me a million questions.
THATS RIGHT JANICE IM TALKING TO YOU.
Murder books all around!
Thanks for getting me super excited for this one!
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Awesome Review! I’m glad you guys loved this book! I can’t wait to see your reactions after finishing Godsgrave! That book was totally epic filled with Mindblowing twists! I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on them! Happy Reading! 🙂
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We cannot wait for Godsgrave!!!!! We’ve heard such good, terrifying?, things!!
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Okay so I was planing on skipping over this series but you ladies have got me convinced that I need need in my life right this second. “A mix of Hogwarts, Arobynn Hamell’s Assassin’s Keep, and a little of Divergent”??? Sign me the heck up for that one! YAS! Great review – as always xx 😉
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OMG yesssss can’t wait to see what you think of it!!!!!!!!!
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This review is everything and I agree 100%!!
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Thank you!!!!!
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