Together with the help of a traveler named Sid, they uncover secrets and lies amidst a dreamy backdrop. Her whole world is being turned upside-down, and she’s realizing that everything that she knows to be true is false.
Nirrim is a great narrator and I loved following her. If I didn’t want to see something, I had the power to make it go away. It was magic, to see the ink disintegrate. When I say “foggy,” I mean that feeling when you forget something but it’s on the tip of your tongue: the sort of remembering that feels like forgetting, which is very much the point of the book. The sentences were very short with a lot of repetition, but done in a way that created this really foggy atmosphere. It’s also first person, so it felt much more intimate. I loved it, honestly it was very lyrical and poetic.
I found the prose of this book to be very different than Marie Rutkoski’s last series. The Midnight Lie enchanted me from the very first page, pulling me into a world of secrets and magic. How do I even describe my love for this novel in coherent words? The Midnight Lie is a bold return to the world of the Winner’s Trilogy, but it is very much its own book. ( I would just like to note that I read a manuscript, so I’m not sure what the differences were in the ARC/finished copy.) I really was not expecting it (and honestly forgot that I entered the giveaway)! Of course, I dropped everything to start this, and avoided a lot of responsibilities by doing so. When I got back from this vacation to this manuscript in the mail, I actually dropped it and gasped. Or a lie that is not technically false, like a misleading truth. Lies made it worse.Ī kind of lie told for someone else’s sake, a lie that sits between goodness and wrong, just as midnight is the moment between night and morning. It was hard for me to tell what was real. Set in the world of the New York Times–bestselling Winner’s Trilogy, beloved author Marie Rutkoski returns with an epic LGBTQ romantic fantasy about learning to free ourselves from the lies others tell us-and the lies we tell ourselves.īut it would be a lie, I had said to Raven. She must place her trust in this sly stranger who asks, above all, not to be trusted. But to do that, Nirrim must surrender her old life. Sid tempts Nirrim to seek that magic for herself. Nirrim keeps her head down and a dangerous secret close to her chest.īut then she encounters Sid, a rakish traveler from far away who whispers rumors that the High Caste possesses magic. You either follow the rules, or pay a tithe and suffer the consequences. People of her low status are forbidden from sampling sweets or wearing colors. Summary: Where Nirrim lives, crime abounds, a harsh tribunal rules, and society’s pleasures are reserved for the High Kith. Rep: wlw protagonist, lesbian love interest/side character Book: The Midnight Lie (The Midnight Lie #1) by Marie Rutkoski
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