Godsgrave (The Nevernight Chronicle #2) By Jay Kristoff - Restarting November 1st 2022

[Abi]

A ruthless young assassin continues her journey for revenge in this new epic fantasy from New York Times bestselling author Jay Kristoff.

Assassin Mia Corvere has found her place among the Blades of Our Lady of Blessed Murder, but many in the Red Church ministry think she’s far from earned it. Plying her bloody trade in a backwater of the Republic, she’s no closer to ending Consul Scaeva and Cardinal Duomo, or avenging her familia. And after a deadly confrontation with an old enemy, Mia begins to suspect the motives of the Red Church itself.

When it’s announced that Scaeva and Duomo will be making a rare public appearance at the conclusion of the grand games in Godsgrave, Mia defies the Church and sells herself to a gladiatorial collegium for a chance to finally end them. Upon the sands of the arena, Mia finds new allies, bitter rivals, and more questions about her strange affinity for the shadows. But as conspiracies unfold within the collegium walls, and the body count rises, Mia will be forced to choose between loyalty and revenge, and uncover a secret that could change the very face of her world.

Set in the world of Nevernight, which Publishers Weekly called “absorbing in its complexity and bold in its bloodiness,” Godsgrave will continue to thrill and satisfy fantasy fans everywhere.

[Kim at Divergent Gryffindor]

Chapter 4 - (view spoiler)[I'm still wishing hard that Tric is actually alive :( (hide spoiler)]

[✨Skye✨]

Just to say I'm working through this one-I find it be a slow read :)

[✨Skye✨]

20% (view spoiler)[ Aw man, I miss Tric! I'm still waiting for him to show back up-they never find a body, so I honestly don't believe he's dead. I'm enjoying both the flashback and current scenes-Leona is a horrible but feminist character and I can't wait for Mia to prove to the other gladiatii what she can do. Furian is an interesting development, I hope he's a good guy. The Ministry frustrate me a lot, the Red Church is very morally grey. (hide spoiler)]

[Dr. Andy]

I should be starting sometime this week!

[✨Skye✨]

38% (view spoiler)[ It's really hard reading this on Kindle because of the footnotes. I wish I had a physical copy but I'm into it so I can't wait xD Don't know how I feel about Ashlinn being back in the picture. I'm weirdly sad about Jessamine's death. Kind of expected the Red Church to be somewhat in league with Scaeva though, glad Mercurio is siding with Mia. (hide spoiler)]

[✨Skye✨]

60% (view spoiler)[ Not sure how I feel about Ashlinn and Mia. Here for the LGBT rep but not here for the sleeping with the girl who killed Tric, who was an actual sweetheart. I don't feel Ashlinn has done enough to prove herself. Furian needs to chill his beans, he's such an ass. There is no need to be that into yourself. Mia killing the Wyrdworm was so cool. (hide spoiler)]

[✨Skye✨]

80% (view spoiler)[ The battle with the silkling was so cool! I'm glad Mia is siding with the gladiatii but I'm scared it'll all end in disaster :( I don't think it was Arkades who poisoned them. (hide spoiler)]

[✨Skye✨]

Done! What an ending! (view spoiler)[ OH MY GOD. Scaeva is working even closer to the Red Church than we thought, Jonnen is alive and Tric <3! I'm shook. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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[Dr. Andy]

25% (view spoiler)[ okay I was confused at first but now I see that the chapters are alternating between how Mia became a slave and what she did as a slave I think. I think the slave part is her revenge whereas the path the becoming a slave is what she’s doing for the red church. I wish I’d read this sooner after Nevernight. I feel like I forgot everything 😂. That threesome at the beginning was hella intense and hot af. I don’t really remember Jessamine much. But I fucking love mr kindly. I hope we learn more about this new Darken. (hide spoiler)]

50% (view spoiler)[ omg holy fuck Ashlyn actually isn’t evil! And is there attraction I’m smelling between her and Mia cause if so I AM HERE FOR IT. I wish stupid Furian had answers about Darken. I need to know more about them. Also if Mia doesn’t have her revenge at the end of this book I will riot. I also want Ashlyn and Mia to start a new church of assassins after this cause that would be amazing. And how the fuck is Mia gonna defeat this worm. I seriously can’t wait to see what will happen!!!! (hide spoiler)]

75% (view spoiler)[ holy duck I didn’t think Mia was crazy but she sure as hell is. And I love it. Omg that scene between Mia and Ashlyn was hot af and I definitely ship them. More than I shipped Mia and Trick too. This whole revenge scheme has been ducking amazing. All these fights are insane but I also love them! I can’t wait to see what will happen at godsgrave. Mia has to win. As I’m kinda scared now that Executus knows Furian and the Domina have been fucking. Tho idk what his problem is, Leona can make her own choices. I’m glad Furian stopped being an ass for a second and didn’t condemn Mia and bladesinger to death along with himself. (hide spoiler)]

Finished (view spoiler)[ THAT ENDING WAS SO INTENSE!!! Mia found her brother and she's actually Scava's daughter. Did Ashlyn manage to kill anyone with her backpack bomb? wHere does this map on her go? HOW IS TRICK ALIVE/WHAT IS HE NOW? I knew he was coming back, but I'm still shook. I'm glad Leona will be free of her father and she definitely should never be a business woman again. I love that Mia was able to rescue her fellow gladiatori and that they didn't actually die. Especially Sid, I really like him. I NEED DARKDAWN NOW OMG (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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[Jennifer]

Ch 7 - (view spoiler)[ Well of course he isn't going to be an ally....unless he wanted her to start off seeming like an underdog to survive the place better. Eh, I think she should just leave the darken to himself; she has a job to do - although, I would really like to understand what it is!!! (hide spoiler)]
Ch 14 - (view spoiler)[ Gah! Things are so uncertain! I can barely take it. Can we get back to fighting for her life. That's a train of thought I can follow easily. LOL. Seriously though, she is going to have to gain some more allies within this group. I don't think she can do it on her own, even with what's her name on the outside. (hide spoiler)]

[Claire]

I'm a tad behind on my reading schedule but I can't wait to get a start on this soon! :D

[Emma☀️]

Chapter 3 (view spoiler)[I forgot how much I missed the narrator :') I loved how the book went straight into the action and it kept me interested. I wonder who that person in the cloak was... Why do I feel like it's ghost Cassius? (hide spoiler)]

[Jennifer]

Ch 26 - (view spoiler)[ Oh no, Maggot! Mia better watch out, if she shows too much knowledge about all this stuff, she might give herself away. This house is the worst! If it isn't one person trying to kill Mia, it's Leona's father. Can we get to the final bout now, I can't take the suspense anymore. (hide spoiler)]
Finished - EEK!! (view spoiler)[ Gah, I can't believe Scala survived! Will this quest for revenge ever end??? and Tric!!!!!! I knew we would see him again! I just didn't expect it as a shadow creature thingy. So, I hope that Mia will go after the crown now. I need the next book now! (hide spoiler)]

[Jennifer]

NOOOOO! The next book doesn't come out for two months!!!! I can't, I can't wait that long!!!

[Katie]

Up to chapter 10

(view spoiler)[ This one is taking me longer to read than my other books, but it's starting to pick up for me. There wasn't anything bad about the beginning, it's just I didn't really know where the story was heading, and I'm a good 100 pages in, but that's about how long the first book took me to get hooked too. I've enjoyed the alternating chapters with Mia in the past and present and I'm anxious to learn more about the new darken. (hide spoiler)]

[Claire]

Hey guys, since there are plenty of people here BR-ing this I'm gonna skip this BR, I am super burnt out on high fantasy at the moment and I really want to get to enjoy Godsgrave to the fullest when I read it.

Happy reading! :D

[Katie]

Chapter 18

(view spoiler)[ I love books with morally gray characters because I don’t know who to trust, and it keeps me wondering what will happen for the entire book!! Ash is starting to prove herself to Mia, but is it real?? I love it! Mia defeated the retchwyrm and her plan is going well! (hide spoiler)]

[Katie]

Chapter 30

(view spoiler)[ So much has happened! I don't think it was Arkades that poisoned everyone...And did Mia pretend to help everyone escape just to turn on them? I want to trust Ash, but there have been so many lines hinting at her still being a liar, so I'm very unsure about all of this! Honestly, anything could happen right now and I wouldn't see any of it coming! AGH...only about 50 more pages to go! (hide spoiler)]

[Katie]

Finished

(view spoiler)[ ....?? OH MY! That ending! Mia finished the gladiator tournament and got her revenge, but Scaeva survived! And is her father!! And her brother is alive!! and TRIC!!!! And so glad that Mia helped her friends actually escape by faking their deaths!! I can't even... I can't wait until the final book! (hide spoiler)]

[Aly]

Chapter 10 (view spoiler)[ Mia found another darken! I wonder why he's so against using their abilities? And why he doesn't have a companion? He and Mia are drawn together because of their abilities I guess, I wonder if that will go anywhere. (hide spoiler)]
End of book 1 (view spoiler)[ Mia's idea to pretend she was wounded to win was so smart. I wonder if/when we'll see her brother, if he's still alive? (hide spoiler)]
Ch 19 (view spoiler)[ When they all had food poisoning, I was getting queasy, ew. I like Mia's developing relationship with Ash, but I'm worried she's playing Mia (hide spoiler)]
Ch 21 (view spoiler)[ Whew! That was pretty hot! *fans self* (hide spoiler)]
End of book 2 (view spoiler)[ That was so crazy! I wasn't sure who was going to make it out. I'm glad Furian finally used some of his powers. Leona makes me so angry, all she cares about is money and sticking it to her dad. She doesn't care about her fighters dying, even Furian. (hide spoiler)]
Ch 28 (view spoiler)[I don't think Archades (sp?) was the one to betray her, he loved Leona. So they probably still have a rat in their ranks. I'm really glad Furian broke it off with Leona, he's finally realizing she doesn't care about him (hide spoiler)]
Finished (view spoiler)[ Tric is back!! And he didn't kill Ash, which is surprising. I can't wait for him to reunite with Mia, ah!! Too bad she killed Furian, but she had to. And we saw her brother, what? (hide spoiler)]
How can you end like that?!

[Claire]

Ok I know I'm super late but I just realised that the Darkdawn launch is in like 3 weeks so I gotta read this because I am not going to that launch without being caught up with the series!

4%
(view spoiler)[Omg, I love that Jay Kristoff's reaction to getting criticism about how Nevernight contained too much explicit content was to start this one off with a fricking threesome 😂

I can't wait to see these slavers get absolutely wrecked! (hide spoiler)]

[Claire]

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(view spoiler)[I can't wait to finally find out what's going on with this other darkin! Sid constantly trying to be the class clown is actually pretty funny, poor guy. I have a bad feeling about this Winnowing though, one or both of those guys are not going to make it through, I'm sure of it. (hide spoiler)]

[Jennifer]

Claire wrote:

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Omg,..."

Huh! I didn't know that. That is pretty funny.

[Claire]

Jennifer - If you check out his fb page, he's been posting some of his 1 star reviews and some of them are pretty funny :D

[Claire]

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(view spoiler)[Ash: This organisation full of people who make their living by killing and training others to kill are a bunch of remorseless psychopaths.
Mia:

So is Ash going for the long con now? I have no idea. I definitely do not ship this though. (hide spoiler)]

[Claire]

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(view spoiler)[I love Bladesinger, she says what we're all thinking 😂

Even though I don't really ship it, I'm glad that Mia went to Ash and not Furian, that would have been so much worse.

I'm super curious to see what gets revealed about that Darkin stuff, I was really disappointed when Cassius died so early because I wanted to know more about what's going on with their powers! Looks like Furian is finally starting to embrace his abilities though which is a start. (hide spoiler)]

[Claire]

75%
(view spoiler)[Noooooooo 😱😱😱

I sure can't wait for Leonidas to die horribly and painfully! :D (hide spoiler)]

[Claire]

84%
(view spoiler)[Holy crap, I don't know what I expected from Furian's backstory but it definitely wasn't that, damn!

And also the stuff about Mia's parents omg!

If bombshells this big are being dropped now I'm almost afraid to read the ending 😱

Also I'm going to sound like a terrible person but I'm glad that Mia didn't decide to help everyone escape, she'd come too far, and it didn't seem right for her to give up now for the sake of friendship, not in a series this dark and messed up. (hide spoiler)]

[Claire]

Finished!
(view spoiler)[Wow I really am a terrible person, I totally believed she'd do it. Very clever turn of events though, I love that the fake-out method was explained earlier in the story.

It was pretty obvious that her brother was still alive and I knew that Tric would show up again at some point, but I did not expect Scaeva to be her real father! Even though in retrospect that should have been obvious considering the reveal about her parents' fake relationship.

The best thing about being extremely late in reading this, I don't have to wait long for the sequel! :D (hide spoiler)]

[Vanessa Gayle ⚔️]

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[Haley]

I'll definitely join in on this!! I've been reading this book for a little bit, but keep putting it on the back burner to finish the books I've scheduled to buddy read

[Maddie]

Oh nice! I'm 60% into Nevernight, then I'll be doing a contemporary and then jumping into Godsgrave. Then another book and then Darkdawn

[Haley]

Perfect!! I'll hopefully be finished with 2 books by the time you start :)

[Haley]

So far the 2nd book is just as fast paced as the 1st book!!

[Maddie]

Oh good! I'm loving the pace of the first!

[Maddie]

20% (view spoiler)[Okay I'm loving this so far. I need to see more present day of her with Leona! Enjoying seeing it from the other side - normally we see it from Leona's POV where she's trying to prove something to her dad. I can't wait! (hide spoiler)]

[Haley]

Maddie wrote: "20% [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ GLAD you're liking it! I'll get to reading it again :) I love how it's switching back and forth but definitely enjoying reading the present time period more :) so much to find out!! (hide spoiler)]

[Haley]

35% (view spoiler)[ WHAT AN INTENSE BATTLE!! poor mateo, but man Mia showed her skills.. I loved that entire scene. I wonder what her plans are now that she knows the assassins she has trained with played a part in her father's death. (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

24% (view spoiler)[OOHHHH SOME TRIALS this series has it all (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

34% (view spoiler)[His deaths are BRUTAL and I'm all here for it. I love it. Bam throat slit DEAD the end. (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

78% (view spoiler)[Well jeez what Arkides up to (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

Finished. Holy shit this book was wild. I love all of the deaths. But I didn't really follow what happened at the end because I was too tired my eyes were losing focus and I couldn't concentrate on the audio. And my eyes did that thing where they skipped to the last word of the book and spoiled it so that wasn't great -_- But 5 stars!

[Haley]

oooo I'll try and finish tomorrow to start the next book!! Definitely one of my favorite series so far this year

[Maddie]

Yes holy crap! Incredible! I'll actually be waiting a few weeks ish for DD as I want my physical copy to arrive rather than ebook for the footnotes

[Haley]

sounds good!! I'll start it around the same time you do then

[Maddie]

Great!