Call it stubbornness if you will, but I think it adds to her badass-ery. Despite excesses of pressure from the Red Church, Mia continues to be true to herself and what she believes in. Hell, she'd probably give Aelin Galathynius a run for her money. Mia is the girl you would hire to take out Arya Stark, Katniss Everdeen and Feyre. If Karou (of Daughter of Smoke and Bone) is my spirit animal, then Mia is who I want to be if I end up in a fantasy world - any fantasy world.
Kristoff is the new king (Bardugo remains Queen though.). Forget everything I said before about Victoria Aveyard and Leigh Bardugo being masters of plot twists. Trust me, this review has taken me nearly three weeks to write because I'm still reeling from it. Kristoff excels in plot twists for this, and you can expect to be hanging off the edge of your seat as you get further into this book, with a conclusion that will just blow your mind. The story picks up about eight months after the end of Nevernight, where we find that Mia has been sold into slavery for a long, convoluted plan that involves much more luck than any kind of skill in order to achieve its end goal. I was fortunate enough to receive an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this book, and let me tell you now, it did not disappoint. WARNING: If you have not read Nevernight (book 1 in this series), then a) go get yourself a copy and become acquainted with the world of Nevernight (YOU'RE WELCOME), and b) stop reading. But as conspiracies unfold within the collegium walls, and the body count rises, Mia will be forced to choose between love and revenge, and uncover a secret that could change the very face of her world. Upon the sands of the arena, Mia finds new allies, bitter rivals, and more questions about her strange affinity for the shadows. When it’s announced that Scaeva will be making a rare public appearance at the conclusion of the grand games in Godsgrave, Mia defies the Church and sells herself to a gladiatorial collegium for a chance to finally end him. But after a deadly confrontation with an old enemy, Mia's suspicions about the Red Church’s true motives begin to grow. 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. 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. In a land where three suns almost never set, a ruthless assassin continues her quest for vengeance against the powers who destroyed her family.
The second thrilling installment of the award-winning Nevernight Chronicle, from New York Times bestselling author Jay Kristoff.
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