Vespertine
The new TOP-TEN BESTSELLER from the New York Times bestselling author of Sorcery of Thorns and An Enchantment of Ravens
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Vespertine
Narrated by:
Caitlin Davies
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Caitlin Davies
About this listen
*THE TOP-TEN BESTSELLER*
From the New York Times bestselling author of Sorcery of Thorns and An Enchantment of Ravens comes a thrilling new YA fantasy about a teen girl with mythic abilities. This is the perfect listen for fans of Cassandra Clare, Sarah J. Maas's A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES series, and Holly Black!
Artemisia is training to be a Gray Sister, tasked with cleansing the bodies of the dead so that their souls can pass on; otherwise, they will rise as spirits with a hunger for the living.
When her convent is attacked, Artemisia defends it by awakening a revenant. Wielding this ancient spirit’s extraordinary power almost consumes her–but only a vespertine, a priestess trained to wield a revenant, has any chance of saving Loraille.
As Artemisia unravels a sinister mystery of saints, secrets and dark magic, her bond with the revenant grows. And when a hidden evil begins to surface, she discovers that facing this enemy may require her to betray everything she’s been taught to believe–if the revenant doesn’t betray her first.
©2021 Margaret Rogerson (P)2021 Simon & Schuster AudioListeners also enjoyed...
Interesting concept
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I love that she isn’t your typical heroine, she’s scarred, flawed, questions her judgement and doubts herself. That made me love her so deeply.
The Revenant is one of the best written characters ever, nothing can convince me otherwise!! I found myself longing to hear from them.
And of course no Margaret Rogerson story would be complete without the incredible side characters. I loved them all.
This story gripped me. It was eerie at times. It wasn’t at all what I was expecting and I absolutely love that.
The audio was fantastic, definitely a book I’d reread.
𝑸𝒖𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝑰 𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅: “I wished I were better at speaking. All those thoughts were in my head, but I didn’t know how to get them out.”
“The mere idea of having that conversation made me want to crawl into a hole and die.”
“You treat that beast better than you do yourself,' it commented sourly, watching Priestbane nose through the pile.
'He's a good horse. He carried me all day. He doesn't deserve to suffer because of the things I ask him to do.'
'Have you ever considered that your body carries you?”
“If there’s one thing I can always rely upon, it’s the reassuring dependability of human idiocy.”
The Revenant!!
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AWESOME !!
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This book was well written, well paced & interesting without being too deep or too shallow.
Another excellent read from Margaret Rogerson
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We start the story with Artemisia, who is currently with the Gray Sisters who tend to the dead so that they do not become malevolent spirits and possess those with the sight. But when her convent is attacked by possessed soldiers, she is forced to team up with a revenant, one of the highest order of spirits that are usually impossible to fight. However Artemisia had been possessed by a lower order spirit in childhood and develops a working relationship with the revenant, and together they work to uncover why so many spirits are suddenly possessing people and how to stop it.
The revenant quickly became one of my favourite characters. It is so sassy, and yet it is clear from very early on that whilst it suggests distain for Artemisia it actually cares about her, enough to ensure she looks after herself. This is something Artemisia is particularly bad at, thanks to previous trauma, and I love that it was so well explored throughout the book and became a real starting point for their bond.
Along the way we also meet other characters that we, and Artemisia, think we understand but actually don't. Marguerite, for instance, had shared a room with Artemisia for years and yet she didn't know her at all. And Leander has you guessing about his intentions pretty much right to the end of the book.
I will admit that there were a few points at which I felt a little lost, just because there was so much depth to the world-building and characters, and I think I need another read to fully grasp all the details. But I quickly got back on track each time, it is definitely a story I want to read again at some point. Especially because I really enjoyed the exploration of religion within this story, and just how much Artemisia ends up questioning everything she once knew and how much of such "history" could have been embellished.
Finally, the narration was really good.
Another great story by Margaret Rogerson!
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The 'twist' in the final act was extremely well set up. One of those ones that you can almost see coming, but not quite make out the details, and then it all snaps clarity and your whole perspective on the setting and the characters shifts.
I'm glad it has a relatively happy ending, and it works as a standalone story... though it could easily yearn for a whole series of sequels.
Amazing characters and worldbuilding
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The plot really stumbled along at a snails pace and the ending was massively anticlimactic leaving me wondering what the entire point of the novel had been.
The narration is robotic and monotone and didn’t draw you in to the story at all. American narrators can be very monotone in general but this sounded like a bot was reading the story and in places it was like the narrator’s voice had been sped up or edited in some way.
Had potential but didn’t deliver.
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