Hardcover, 419 pages

English language

Published Sept. 5, 2017 by St. Martin's Press.

ISBN:
978-1-250-07303-7
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4 stars (15 reviews)

Mia Corvere has found her place among the Blades of Our Lady of Blessed Murder, but many in the Red Church hierarchy think she's far from earned it. Plying her bloody trade in a backwater of the Republic, she's no closer to ending the men who destroyed her familia; in fact, she's told directly that Consul Scaeva is off limits. But after a deadly confrontation with an old enemy, Mia's suspicions about the Red Church's true motives begin to grow.

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reviewed Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff (The Nevernight Chronicle, #2)

Review of 'Godsgrave: Book Two of the Nevernight Chronicle' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I know this much. Some answers are learned. But the important ones are earned.

From the beginning I had a sense this book was going to be superior to its predecessor. I am not typically a fan of a story giving you some excitement and backing up a few weeks or months, but it worked here.

Being able to tell the past story with the chapter intros (in italics) followed by the present timeline offered plenty to enjoy and see how the two story lines would connect. I found this use of the chapter lead-ins to be more effective than what was in Nevernight #1.

There's no softer pillow than a clear conscience.

Unfortunately what still stood out and bothered me this go around was the dependency on footnotes. This eluded my commentary before but in Nevernight #2 they continued to exist. I find myself skipping them because I …

reviewed Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff (The Nevernight Chronicle, #2)

Review of 'Godsgrave: Book Two of the Nevernight Chronicle' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Fool that I am, once again it took me ~15 chapters to realise that the painfully smug footnotes were only distracting me from the story (& irritating me enough to just put the book down, more than once) BUT having shucked them right off, enjoyed this as much as the first. Maybe more - hey, I almost always enjoy a ‘be gay do crimes’ story.

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