Godsgrave is way more brutal and gory, but it’s also much more raw and emotional. Mia also has grown a lot since the end of Nevernight, and she is figuring out rather quickly that she is truly unable to trust anyone. But where Nevernight felt like an adult Harry Potter (with an amazingly gothic floo powder network) where our main protagonist, Mia, is learning to become an assassin for the Red Church and the Lady of Blessed Murder, Godsgrave is an all-out gladiator gauntlet, where our characters are fighting to the death and only the very best may rise in rank. Godsgrave picks up right after the events of Nevernight. I honestly am not sure how I could possibly string together words to let you guys know how much I loved this book, but I do suppose I should at least try. That last chapter made me feel things that very few books are able to evoke from me. Well, I’m not entirely sure how I’m supposed to function while lying in wait for the third and final book in this series. (Sept.“The heavens grant us only one life, but through books, we live a thousand.”

Through tragedy, betrayal, and victory, this glorious adventure thrills and satisfies with cold violence, terrifying monsters, roaring crowds, and bloody honor. The thrilling first section of interwoven timelines proceeds at a breakneck pace later sections are more linear and tense with anticipation, leavened with witty footnotes.

Her brutal world is populated with a fascinating array of characters who often meet dismal and bloody fates. Kristoff again graces his story with hilarious asides, vicious competition, and a protagonist as relentless as she is fearless. She sells her sword and her freedom to participate in gladiatorial games, and now she must prevail over the enslaved gladiatii to take her shot at Scaeva and Duomo, who will be appearing at the conclusion of the games, even though that means killing them in front of the entire republic.

In Kristoff’s triumphant second Nevernight Chronicle fantasy epic (after Nevernight), assassin Mia Corvere continues on her blood-soaked path to revenge for the destruction of her family, which was orchestrated by two of the most powerful men in the land, Consul Scaeva and Cardinal Duomo.

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