Name: The Stars Never Rise
ISBN: 9781474028455

Rachel Vincent

There’s no turning back... In the town of New Temperance, souls are in short supply and Nina should be worrying about protecting hers. Yet she’s too busy trying to keep her sister Mellie safe.

The Stars Never Rise

From RACHEL VINCENT, New York Times bestselling author, comes the first book in a new series about a girl who must join forces with rogue exorcists to save her sister and, ultimately, humanity. Sixteen-year-old Nina Kane should be worrying about her immortal soul, but she's too busy trying to actually survive. Her town's population has been decimated by soul-consuming demons, and souls are in short supply. Watching over her younger sister, Mellie, and scraping together food and money are all that matters. The two of them are a family. They gave up on their deadbeat mom a long time ago. When Nina discovers that Mellie is keeping a secret that threatens their very existence, she'll do anything to protect her. Because in New Temperance, sins are prosecuted as crimes by the brutal Church and its army of black-robed exorcists. And Mellie's sin has put her in serious trouble. To keep them both alive, Nina will need to trust Finn, a fugitive with deep green eyes who has already saved her life once and who might just be an exorcist. But what kind of exorcist wears a hoodie? Wanted by the Church and hunted by dark forces, Nina knows she can't survive on her own. She needs Finn and his group of rogue friends just as much as they need her. “Haunting, unsettling and eerily beautiful.” --Rachel Caine, author of the New York Times bestselling Morganville Vampires series "Un-put-down-able."--Kirkus Reviews “A hugely fun and entertaining read."--School Library Journal

Briar's Reviews

I received this book as an ARC from Rachel Vincent herself, and I have to say it did not let me down! Although, I am quite furious that I have to wait probably two years to get a sequel! This novel was so amazing waiting for a sequel will be such a pain!

This novel was yet again another charm by Rachel Vincent. The novel follows Nina Kane in a dystopian universe where soul sucking demons live, and there are few souls to go around! When her younger sister Melanie gets in a bit of trouble, Nina has to try to solve their problems while their alcohol binging Mother is always being a pain for Nina. Along the way, Nina meets a handsome stranger who might know more about Nina than she realizes, and he's pretty hot! When someone in Nina's crew is sinning and gets caught, all things break loose...

The novel was very fast paced, and does not let the reader down. Each chapter has it's own little adventure and makes the book very addicting. This book is not a stand alone novel, and leaves itself on a bit of a cliffhanger that made me insanely frustrated because I have to wait for the next book! So be prepared to become insanely addicted and yearn for the next book.

The characters were well developed and all had very interesting personalities. The plot was well thought out, and very original! Rachel Vincent has a magnificent set of ideas in that brain of hers! There wasn't much wrong with the novel. I felt like it was the perfect length, and ended in a way that makes more books possible, although it would be a horrible stand alone novel with how it ends. 

Overall, I really liked it! I couldn't put it down! Rachel Vincent did not let me down with this book. I had very high expectations and she surpassed them!

Five out of five stars!

Be aware, my novel was an Advanced Reader's Copy, so something could change by the time the real book comes out in June (I got mine in February). But it was still excellent either way!

Elizabeth Neill

I will be posting a little review later on. I just need to book to sink in.

Jen Estrella

A farmer slaughters his cattle because he must eat to survive, but he also protects the herd from thieves and predators. If you leave the pen, the wolves will find you, child.

I had to put this down a lot of times because exams and papers happened, but oh my goodness, the last chapters of this book had me at the edge of my seat. The story should have been fairly predictable, but.... it wasn't. Lol. I am really not making any sense here, but read this book if you want something that's both cool (exorcists and bad-ass characters!) and mildly terrifying (degenerates/demons, guns, blood, people getting burned at the stake). I am so tempted to read the sequel but it's due tomorrow, so I have to wait until I could borrow it again *sniff*

danielle bush

** spoiler alert **
           I was super surprised on how much I liked this book!! It was definitely a unique story.. with demons trying to take over, and the only people that can stop them are the natural born exorcists.. Nina finds out she is one after her mother attacks her and she finds out her mom is a demon. and has been since before her, or her sister were ever born.. She kills her mom, and she is almost arrested by the fake exorcists that are only puppets of the clergy, to show the people that they are safe.. Nina is rescued by a boy named Finn.. I don't want to spoil to much but Finn has some weird shit going on, and it was quite a WTF moment.. for Nina and me.. 
A lot of things happen in a very short period of time, and I can't wait to dive into the second book in this duology..

There's no turning back... In the town of New Temperance, souls are in short supply and Nina should be worrying about protecting hers. Yet she's too busy trying to keep her sister Mellie safe. When Nina discovers that Mellie is keeping a secret that threatens their existence, she'll do anything to protect her. Because in New Temperance, sins are prosecuted as crimes by the brutal church. To keep them both alive, Nina will need to trust Finn, a mysterious fugitive who has already saved her life once. Wanted by the church and hunted by dark forces, Nina knows she needs Finn and his group of rogue friends. But what do they need from her in return? 'Haunting, unsettling and eerily beautiful' - Rachel Caine

Anna Agarwal

Giulia 

OH DIO! Questo libro è una bomba vera e propria, lo amo, lo adoro ♥

Il mondo narrato è molto originale, non ho letto molti libri che hanno come tema portante l'esorcismo. Poi magari sono io che me li sono persi per strada, ma già questo mi è sembrato qualcosa di estremamente originale. I personaggi sono tutti ben caratterizzati, ognuno ha la sua personalità e il suo modo di agire ;). Alcune cose potevano essere forse sviluppate meglio, ponendoci più l'accento e soffermandosi su alcuni punti cruciali, ma tutto sommato non è stato male nemmeno così :D.
Sono MOLTO curiosa di leggere il secondo. Vero, non c'è stato nessun cliffhanger, ma ci sono troppe domande senza risposta e... DEVO SAPERE!

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