Title: I Am Right Behind you
Author: John Ajvide Lindqvist
Published by: Riverrun
Publication date: September 7th 2017
Format: Kindle
Source: ARC (Netgalley)
I have no idea what happened here.
I spent the entire book either confused, disgusted, disturbed or anxious.
And I enjoyed it.
I think I really enjoyed it actually.
But I'm not sure.
It confused me utterly, but I don't think I mind.
You'd have to read it to understand this.
The story follows four very different families as they wake up in their caravans one morning and are not where they should be.
In fact, they're not even sure they're still in the same world.
This new world is a strange one.
Where the grass goes on forever, worryingly familiar figures can be seen in the distance, and a dark ominous cloud lurks on the horizon.
Each person has been brought here for a reason.
And the journey to understand why is a disturbing one.
I loved learning about all the characters and how vastly different all of their lives and experiences were.
They were all so interesting, with wildly different and fascinating personalities. They were loveable, hateable, brave, weak, innocent, and evil.
It was a wonderful and intriguing mix of people.
The story itself was incredibly interesting, as well as disturbing and very odd.
I'm not too sure what happened in the end or what it was actually all about, but I really enjoyed the journey through this strange world, and how the story was written.
It kept me gripped right until the very end.
This is a story about human nature and how we act when everything we know is taken away.
And it is truly terrifying.
Title: Godsgrave
Author: Jay Kristoff
Published by: Harper Voyager UK
Publication date: September 7th 2017
Format: Kindle
Source: ARC (Netgalley)
"The heavens grant us only one life, but through books, we live a thousand."
I never thought anything could compare to my fierce love of Nevernight.I have been proven wrong.Very, very wrong.This book was everything I hoped it would be and so much more!It was brutal, beautiful, bloody, and brilliant!There was so much more suspense, lashings more danger, mountains of violence, and whole bucket loads of sass and sarcasm!Be prepared for blood, fights, betrayal, mystery, passion, death and darkness!I was so sure that nothing would ever beat the setting of the first in this series; a dangerous school for assassins where nothing is as it seems.Thankfully I was proven wrong again and this time around we get to follow Mia as she sells herself into slavery in order to compete in vicious battles to the death as a Gladiatti.Throughout this book Mia manages to become an even more fascinating character (if that is even possible?)She grows so much, having her strength of character, bravery and resolve tested constantly.Mia has even more Darkin mysteries thrown at her in this installment, and even more questions about who and what she really is.The other characters we meet along the way are all equally as fantastic.We get to make friends, enemies and maybe even a lover or two?The writing was just as stunningly beautiful as in Nevernight, though maybe with slightly less flounce and over-the-top descriptions.There were definitely no weird and strange metaphors this time around, and the book is so much better because of this.Just as in the first book, the pace of this book was pounding and perfect!I literally could not stop reading as I was so desperate to find out what was going to happen next.There were twists and turns on every page, keeping you hooked and immersed right until the very brutal end.And that ending gentlefriends! THE ENDING All you need to know about that is - oh my god!
"That's the power of words: twenty-six little letters can paint a whole universe."
