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Nevernight
784 pages
A blood-soaked, shadow-drenched descent into a deadly assassin academy, narrated with biting sarcasm and unapologetic brutality.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping into a beautifully gothic, blood-spattered fever dream. The experience is defined by its fiercely unapologetic edge, blending brutal violence with a surprisingly lyrical, shadow-drenched atmosphere. You are immediately pulled into a gritty world of cutthroat assassin trials, guided by an omniscient narrator whose biting sarcasm and frequent, lore-heavy footnotes add a layer of dark comedy to the grim proceedings. It is a propulsive, visceral read that does not shy away from gore or moral ambiguity, asking you to root for a deeply traumatized but fiercely determined antiheroine. Fans of dark academia, deadly competitions, and revenge narratives will devour this sharp-tongued, action-packed exploration of what it costs to become a weapon.
- Mood
- shadow-drenched
- gritty
- blood-soaked
- gothic
- menacing
- Tone
- irreverent
- cynical
- sarcastic
- darkly comedic
- unapologetic
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- consuming vengeance · the cost of survival · twisted found family · embracing darkness · loss of innocence
- The writing
- Darkly lyrical and heavily stylized, featuring a distinctively snarky omniscient narrator who frequently interrupts with biting, world-building footnotes.
- The arc
- A traumatized survivor hardens her heart and embraces her darkest instincts to become an unstoppable instrument of revenge.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave unapologetically violent, dark fantasy academies and love a fiercely driven antiheroine paired with a sarcastic narrator.
Content notes
- graphic violence
- gore
- sexual content
- profanity
- torture
- animal death
About the book
"In a world where the suns almost never set, a woman gains entry to a school of infamous assassins, seeking vengeance against the powers that destroyed her family. Daughter of an executed traitor, Mia Corvere is barely able to escape her father's failed rebellion with her life. Alone and friendless, she wanders a city built from the bones of a dead god, hunted by the Senate and its thugs. But her gift for speaking with the shadows leads her to the hearth of a retired killer, and a future she never imagined. Now, Mia is apprenticed to the deadliest flock of assassins in the entire Republic-the Red Church. Deadly trials await her within the Church's halls: blades and poisons, treachery and death. If she survives to initiation, she'll be inducted among the chosen of the Lady of Blessed Murder, and be one step closer to the only thing she desires. Revenge. Nevernight will come on the heels of Kristoff's latest YA book, a collaboration with Amie Kaufman from Knopf Books for Young Readers, Illuminae. Knopf is planning a major publicity blitz and featuring Illuminae as its lead title for Fall, on sale October 20th. The marketing and publicity campaign include a multi-city USA tour in the fall, major outreach at consumer and industry events, a national paid advertising campaign, and extensive publicity outreach"--
Description from Open Library.
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