Nevernight

Wow. This was phenomenal. After reading a few 1 star reviews I was a little worried about the writing style, but honestly, it was awesome. I didnt find it hard to read at all, yes the beginning is a little slow. But I find that is the case with most fantasies.

Mia, the protagonist, is looking for revenge for her fallen family. In the first 2 chapters she murders someone, loses her virginity, and then there is more murder. Yes please! Mia also ends up stabbing someone in the eye when shes 11, so, fun times right? Oh yeah, she has a shadow-cat-not cat-thing, that has a lot of attitude. I like it.

To be honest, I was kind of thinking a lot of this sounded like when Arya was going off to join the many faced god in GoT, but ya know, with actual training in assassin-y type stuff. I also got a HP vibe in the mountain. Edit I think this was jedi mind tricked into my brain when I read JK's review of the book a little bit. Maybe. I dont know.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and if you are feeling skeptical, the worst you can do is borrow it from a library. If you dont like it, dont finish it, but I am glad that the poor reviews that I read didnt scare me off.