Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where you chose a random book from your Goodreads TBR and show it off. This meme is hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog.
This week I’m spotlighting Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson. I’ve had this on my TBR for a while and added it after some of my blogging friends read it and raved about it. Let’s check it out!
About the Book:
Title: Vespertine
Author: Margaret Rogerson
Page Length: 400
Publication Date: Oct. 5, 2021
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Synopsis: The dead of Loraille do not rest.
Artemisia is training to be a Gray Sister, a nun who cleanses the bodies of the deceased so that their souls can pass on; otherwise, they will rise as spirits with a ravenous hunger for the living. She would rather deal with the dead than the living, who trade whispers about her scarred hands and troubled past.
When her convent is attacked by possessed soldiers, Artemisia defends it by awakening an ancient spirit bound to a saint’s relic. It is a revenant, a malevolent being that threatens to possess her the moment she drops her guard. Wielding its extraordinary power almost consumes her—but death has come to Loraille, and only a vespertine, a priestess trained to wield a high relic, has any chance of stopping it. With all knowledge of vespertines lost to time, Artemisia turns to the last remaining expert for help: the revenant itself.
As she 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 might require her to betray everything she has been taught to believe—if the revenant doesn’t betray her first.
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Have you read Vespertine? What did you think?
I also have this one waiting in my TBR!
Nice! I hope you enjoy it when you get to it!
I tried to read it but gave up around half the book. I think the story and writing is really great but wasn’t my cup of tea at the time. I do hope you’ll enjoy it, though.
Thanks! Sorry you didn’t enjoy it.
This was one of my rare POs but I still haven’t read it yet. I’m looking forward to it though 😍
It sounds interesting….
I loved Vespertine. It was one of my favourite reads last autumn.
Nice! I love that!
ahh i can’t wait to read this one!!
It sounds soooooo good!!!
This one is on my TBR too. I absolutely adored Sorcery of Thorns so I have high hopes for this read as well 🙂
I hope we both love it when we get to it!