Review: Darkdawn (Nevernight Chronicles #3)
Darkdawn (Nevernight Chronicles #3)
By Jay Kristoff
Published By: Harper Voyager
Publication Date: June 11, 2020
Date Read: October 20, 2021
Genre: Adult – Fantasy
Source: Bought
Format: Audiobook
Pages: 526
From Goodreads:
The thrilling and heart-breaking conclusion to Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling Nevernight Chronicle.Pale Daughter. Kingmaker. Crow. A killer of kings. Gladiatii. Escaped slave. Infamous assassin. Mia Corvere is on the run.
After winning the greatest games Godsgrave has ever seen and giving the gift of murder as her victor’s speech, Mia is being hunted by every Blade of the Red Church and every soldier of the Luminatii legion.
Her mentor Mercurio has been captured and Consul Julius Scaeva stands on the edge of total dominance over the Republic.
Truedark approaches and if Mia is to have any hope of defeating Scaeva and saving her family, she must make a perilous journey across the Republic seeking the final answers to the riddle of her life.
Night is falling on the Republic for perhaps the final time.
“Don’t fuck with librarians lady, we know the power of words
I’ve been on a Jay Kristoff binge lately and as soon as I finished listening to the audiobook of Godsgrave, I couldn’t wait to dive straight into Darkdawn. Let me begin by saying, I am not usually a binge reader, I get super bored being in the same world for too long. But there is just something about this series, especially the audio editions that made me unable to stop. I am so glad I continued with this straight away as it truly was a fantastic conclusion to this epic series.
Darkdawn picks up where Godsgrave left off, with Mia on the run. It is a fast-paced and emotional rollercoaster ride, this one. I really enjoyed everything about Darkdawn. Everything I could have wanted in this finale, I got and more. It is jam packed full of twists and turns that I never saw coming. I couldn’t put this book down. I was listening to the audio any chance I got. I couldn’t wait to see how it all ended for our favourite anti-hero, Mia. I’ve never been one who loved morally grey characters as the protagonist as I struggle to get behind the evil-ish actions, but there’s just something about Mia Corvere. You can’t help but love her and root for her.
Jay Kristoff has fast become one of my favourite authors. A few years ago I hadn’t really heard much about him, and only discovered him through his YA books that he had wrote with Amie Kaufman. Now, I have devoured almost all of his work, and I just can’t get enough. Darkdawn really showed his incredible storytelling skills. He had me hysterically laughing one minute and the next I was distraught with tears welling in my eyes. I went through such a emotional rollercoaster with this book. It was utterly fantastic.
Darkdawn was a fantastic finale to a fantastic series. It’s dark, gritty and just utterly brilliant. I have loved every moment of this fantastic trilogy. If you struggle with reading it physically (as I hear some people do due to the footnotes) then I highly recommend listening to the audiobook. I cannot praise the narrator of this series enough, he is just utterly fantastic and really drew me in to this world. This is definitely one that I will re-read and re-listen to again and again and again. Highly, highly recommended.
“What doesn’t kill me, better fucking run.”
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