We love demigods and duologies! I have been looking forward to Ravensong ever since I heard about he premise. I love the idea of an Irish triad of war gods and one who still has to attend high school. Keep reading this book review for my full thoughts.
Summary
Neve has spent lifetimes defending the mortal world against the legions of hell with her two sisters.
Unfortunately for Neve, in this lifetime, she is the only one of the Morrigan—a triad of Irish war gods—still stuck in high school and still without her full power. She’s been counting down the days until her eighteenth birthday, when she finally gets to shed the pretenses of humanity and grow into her divine power.
But then she meets Alexandria. And Alexandria is as determined to force Neve into some semblance of teenage normalcy as she is haunted by her own demons—both figurative and literal.
As they grow closer, Neve decides that humanity—and, perhaps, love—isn’t so detestable after all. Which makes it all the more dangerous when she realizes that something in Hell wants Alexandria, and it’s be up to Neve and her sisters to save her before Alexandria’s past catches up to all of them.
Review
(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)
What I love about Ravensong has to be Neve. The ways in which she is haunted by the visions of her sisters dying, of the lives she lived before. Combined with the responsibility she feels to protect the mortal realm, why should she care about high school? She lives a life which is largely isolated. I guess that is what comes from only being able to tell your sisters and the nuns about who you are. But when she meets Alexandria her world explodes in sparks.
Alexandria doesn’t allow Neve to escape. She shows her the ‘mundane’ joys, the comforts we can have in friends, and the ways in which connection may mean more to lose, but also more to gain. We love a sunshine grumpy pair and Neve and Alexandria are that to a T. If you love those stories about characters who have to see the effects of having a found family, of leaving that isolation of loneliness, Ravensong is for you.
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And that’s not all I loved! I adored the sister relationship. The ways in which we say things with cruel edges in a way only our family lets us get away with. But how, at the end of the day, there’s a way for us to smooth those scars with a glance and a gesture. Additionally, the mythology is delightful. It’s an element I was expecting to love, but I don’t think I was prepared for how immersive it felt. Also how attached I’d get to these nuns? Plus the ending….it is truly something else. Action packed from start to finish, add Ravensong to your TBR.
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