No one is safe, but then, we haven’t been safe from the beginning of this story. We get to find out who our narrator is and what this whole thing means for Mia and those she loves. It’s fast paced and answers all of the questions we had at the end of the book, especially with Tric. Each moment you spend with Mia makes turning that page more difficult, knowing that the promise our dear narrator made to us at the beginning of the series is coming. Let’s get one thing straight: Jay Kristoff will use his words to carve out your heart and put it back together piece by miserable piece. It’s all led up to this, and it’s certain to be a bloodbath. She’ll finally have answers about her existence as a darkin, and where her destiny lies…assuming she can survive it. Their quest will take them from the underbelly of Godsgrave, across the Sea of Swords, back into the den of assassins that are now out for her blood, and finally to the Crown of the Moon.
In the midst of the chaos, Mia has made off with her brother Jonnen, finding out a secret lurking deep within the bones of the city. Now, where we last left off, our dear Mia Corvere had left the Republic of Itreya in chaos after murdering Cardinal Duomo and there are rumours that Consul Scaeva is finally dead. So, for the sake of my sanity, please turn back now and go start the series from the very beginning. But also, maybe you shouldn’t read this review, because I’m about to spoil some things that bring readers up to speed for the final instalment that I’m about to review.
Let’s get this bloody party on the road, shall we?Ī quick statement, if you haven’t yet picked up the Nevernight Chronicle, you totally should, it’s stunning. I was determined to see this story through, despite every twisted turn of this man’s delightfully stab-friendly story. You have no idea the anticipation that I had when this landed on my doorstep. That’s the feeling Nevernight and Godsgrave gave me, and now there’s Darkdawn. Kristoff definitely seems to like to play these games of chicken that make many throw books in frustration! If you don’t believe me, go look at his Twitter feed and you’ll see what I mean.
That’s what he and Amie did to me in Aurora Rising (I’m still licking my wounds after reading that ending). Arguably, it’s how any writer does, making the reader furiously invested in the characters (creating those fandoms we so love to harp on about), and then wrenching them from our grasp as things seem the happiest…or least destructive. Jay Kristoff has this irritatingly infuriating way that he writes his stories.
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