Nightrender
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Description
"INTRICATE... UNIQUE... COMPELLING."—YA Books Central
In the middle of nothingness is the Island of Salvation.
Reality bends easily here. Villages disappear. Forests burn forever. Pockets of inconsistent time are everywhere, their boundaries strung with yellow ribbon. And the three kingdoms of Salvation have been at war for a thousand years.
But the greatest threat is the Malice, an incursion from the demon plane slowly tearing its way through the world’s weakest seams. Seams that—once split—will lead to the total unraveling of night and day, light and dark, life and death.
Not that the human world takes much interest. Of more concern is the upcoming marriage of Rune Highcrown, Prince of Caberwill, and Johanne Fortuin, Princess of Embria—the serpent bride, a girl of famous cunning—which offers a possible end to the ancient conflict. But Rune has noticed the growing darkness, and he is determined to summon mankind’s only defense: Nightrender, the hammer of the gods, an immortal warrior more weapon than girl.
There is only one problem. The last time she was summoned, she slaughtered every royal in Salvation, and no one knows why. Will she save humanity from the Malice… or plunge it deeper into the fires of eternal war?
A YAVA Award Nominee!
"Tantalizing."—The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Starred Review
"Lush."—Publishers Weekly
"Wild."—Booklist
"Rich."—Kirkus Reviews
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Personal opinion: There are 3 POVs to read, which makes it hard at the start. But as soon as a certain point is reached within the story, it's all good. The start of the story is a little slow. You immediately get pushed into the POV of the least desirable character and I rolled my eyes already at them within this first chapter of them. But soon enough the story picks up in speed and in interest, with a nice little plot twist at the end I didn't think would be happening. Some parts were rather obvious to be honest, but some things happened unexpectedly. What got me outraged was the quality of the book itself. I ordered a physical copy and the spine was excessively glued to a maximum, which pressed through into the pages. When I opened the book, on several pages the glue was reaching the text and when I tried to just slightly pull very carefully so I could read the words, it all broke and now I've got some holes torn into them... Very sad, but not the authors fault.
Description
"INTRICATE... UNIQUE... COMPELLING."—YA Books Central
In the middle of nothingness is the Island of Salvation.
Reality bends easily here. Villages disappear. Forests burn forever. Pockets of inconsistent time are everywhere, their boundaries strung with yellow ribbon. And the three kingdoms of Salvation have been at war for a thousand years.
But the greatest threat is the Malice, an incursion from the demon plane slowly tearing its way through the world’s weakest seams. Seams that—once split—will lead to the total unraveling of night and day, light and dark, life and death.
Not that the human world takes much interest. Of more concern is the upcoming marriage of Rune Highcrown, Prince of Caberwill, and Johanne Fortuin, Princess of Embria—the serpent bride, a girl of famous cunning—which offers a possible end to the ancient conflict. But Rune has noticed the growing darkness, and he is determined to summon mankind’s only defense: Nightrender, the hammer of the gods, an immortal warrior more weapon than girl.
There is only one problem. The last time she was summoned, she slaughtered every royal in Salvation, and no one knows why. Will she save humanity from the Malice… or plunge it deeper into the fires of eternal war?
A YAVA Award Nominee!
"Tantalizing."—The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Starred Review
"Lush."—Publishers Weekly
"Wild."—Booklist
"Rich."—Kirkus Reviews
Book Information
Posts
Personal opinion: There are 3 POVs to read, which makes it hard at the start. But as soon as a certain point is reached within the story, it's all good. The start of the story is a little slow. You immediately get pushed into the POV of the least desirable character and I rolled my eyes already at them within this first chapter of them. But soon enough the story picks up in speed and in interest, with a nice little plot twist at the end I didn't think would be happening. Some parts were rather obvious to be honest, but some things happened unexpectedly. What got me outraged was the quality of the book itself. I ordered a physical copy and the spine was excessively glued to a maximum, which pressed through into the pages. When I opened the book, on several pages the glue was reaching the text and when I tried to just slightly pull very carefully so I could read the words, it all broke and now I've got some holes torn into them... Very sad, but not the authors fault.