Jaelyn reviewed The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski (Forgotten Gods, #1)
Where Nirrim lives, crime abounds, a harsh tribunal rules, and society’s pleasures are reserved for …
Review of 'The Midnight Lie' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
The city is divided between the ruling High Kith, the serving Middling class, and the Half Kith who remain walled in a ghetto. The Half Kith live under strict rules with the guards at liberty to take tithes from them for the smallest infraction; belongings, hair, eyes, blood…
Nirrim knows to keep her head down and follow the rules. Except when it comes to her talent for perfect memory which allows her to forge passports for Half Kith, allowing people to escape beyond the wall. She doesn’t herself escape, knowing she has a duty to help others in the city.
Eventually, she finds herself in cahoots with a traveller from a land that should not exist. Sid is a charming, rakish womaniser. She convinces Nirrim to help her uncover rumours the High Kith have magic and they explore the world beyond the Half Kith wall into the high society of an island that seems to willingly forget its own history.
I felt very drawn to both the characters here Nirrim is very relatable for anyone who has always put their own happiness behind the needs of others and Sid is certainly someone trapped by other people’s perceptions & expectations of them. She’s also hilarious and I certainly wouldn’t mind her fleeting affections… The romance is certainly charming and the world-building fascinating for the history, the Greek-style god drama and the lies a society learns to recite to get by or enjoy its privilege.
Nirrim knows to keep her head down and follow the rules. Except when it comes to her talent for perfect memory which allows her to forge passports for Half Kith, allowing people to escape beyond the wall. She doesn’t herself escape, knowing she has a duty to help others in the city.
Eventually, she finds herself in cahoots with a traveller from a land that should not exist. Sid is a charming, rakish womaniser. She convinces Nirrim to help her uncover rumours the High Kith have magic and they explore the world beyond the Half Kith wall into the high society of an island that seems to willingly forget its own history.
I felt very drawn to both the characters here Nirrim is very relatable for anyone who has always put their own happiness behind the needs of others and Sid is certainly someone trapped by other people’s perceptions & expectations of them. She’s also hilarious and I certainly wouldn’t mind her fleeting affections… The romance is certainly charming and the world-building fascinating for the history, the Greek-style god drama and the lies a society learns to recite to get by or enjoy its privilege.