Nevernight

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Jay Kristoff: Nevernight (2016, St. Martin's Press)

English language

Published April 20, 2016 by St. Martin's Press.

ISBN:
978-1-4668-8503-5
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4 stars (3 reviews)

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Review of 'Nevernight' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

A few people told me Nevernight was like Harry Potter with assassins, and frankly, that kind of put me off for a while. But never fear, I did give it a go and they were wrong and I loved it! Well, there's a tiny bit that could be Harry Potter-like if you hadn't grown up with other boarding school stories as a reference point.

The story is rich with world-building and there is so much mileage in this world. It took me a while to understand that it was switching between two versions of Mia but this soon became clear. Additional information is included in footnotes (much in the style of Discworld) but if you find these an annoying distraction you can easily skip them and not miss anything crucial to the plot or characters.

Mr Kindly is a shadow creature who appears as a cat with no eyes. It …

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Subjects

  • Fiction, fantasy, historical
  • Fiction, fantasy, epic