— 4.5 stars —

"Never fear, little Crow.
The brighter the light, the deeper the shadow."

I expected this book to be really dark, and I was very pleased with that. However, I didn't expected it to be this funny! It made me enjoy it and love it even more!
Mia is an incredible character. I'm eager to see where the story will go in [b:Godsgrave|36481352|Godsgrave (The Nevernight Chronicle, #2)|Jay Kristoff|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1532862531s/36481352.jpg|42805837].



"The books we love, they love us back. And just as we mark our places in the pages, those pages leave their marks on us. I can see it in you, sure as I see it in me. You're a daughter of words. A girl with a story to tell."

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Thoughts:

The first 100 pages were kind of confusing for me (it took me a while to understand what the hell was going on, don't judge me) and well, the eyestrain because of the flippin' small font in my edition didn't help either, but I ended up really enjoying it!

The first chapter was wow. I loved how these pretty major events were put side by side. It was captivating.

It was dark and funny and I absolutely love Mia as a character. The other characters are also really interesting!

I'm curious to learn more about darkin and what is the balance for this ability (?)— or who will be the balance to counteract this ability.

I'm guessing Jonnen, Mia's brother, who might not be dead after all.
That might also explain the quote I wrote down earlier: it can be applied during a fight, like Mia demonstrated in the last chapter, with Justicus Remus.
But maybe it can also be applied to people as well. And since Justicus Remus hinted that Mia's brother, might be alive, that's the theory I'm going for.

I liked the world as well. The footnotes were interesting and something I'm more used to see in classics. It was a nice touch, and added other informations, especially on the world. However, they felt a bit too info dumping for the longer ones. The shorter ones, more witty and sarcastic, were my favorite. I also really appreciated when the narrator was speaking to the reader.

BOOKWORMS! I want to know more!

I feel like a certain character

Tric

is not really dead —because you know, I've seen and read enough to know that when there's no body, there's no real death, right?!—, which makes me really eager to start the second book, just like the epilogue.