From the New York Times bestselling author of Moonbreaker comes the epic final Secret Histories adventure, where the Droods will take on the most unexpected of enemies: the inhabitants of the Nightside.The Droods are all about control, making people do what they’re told for the greater good. The Nightside is all about choice: good and bad and everything in between. The Droods want to make the … The Droods want to make the world behave. The Nightside wants to party. They were never going to get along.
For centuries, ancient Pacts have kept the Droods out of the Nightside, but now the Droods see the Nightside as a threat to the whole world. They march into the long night, in their armour, to put it under their control. All too soon, the two sides are at war. It’s Eddie Drood and Molly Metcalf against John Taylor and Shotgun Suzie. The Drood Sarjeant-at-Arms and their Armourer against Dead Boy and Razor Eddie. More groups join in: the London Knights, the Ghost Finders, the Spawn of Frankenstein, Shadows Fall, and the Soulhunters. Science and magic are running wild, there’s blood running in the gutters, and the bodies are piling up.
Is anyone going to get out of this alive?
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I have all of Simon Green’s books and usually really like them. However, I don’t think it’s a spoiler to tell you this is the last book in his Drood and Nightside series and the direction he took the Droods was, to me, horrifying. He had them acting not as heroes saving the world but as dictators killing all who would not agree with them.Yes, at the end all seems well but many top characters were lost and I just found the entire thing disappointing and even horrifying. With the way he ended these series, I’m not sure I’d want to read any new ones he creates.
Well, shoot! Just when I discover a new (to me) series and it goes and ends. Heavy sigh. But what an epic ending Night Fall has! Droods are all about control and the Nightside is anything but. Something is making the Nightside borders expand and the Droods are not having it so naturally, they have to go in and reign it all in. Ya just know that can’t be good!
So many new faces and characters for me to experience! I don’t even know where to begin. Holy crow epic doesn’t even begin to describe what happens. Battle after battle ensue. Both sides win and lose. It was obvious no matter how much the Droods pushed the Nightside was going to push back just as hard. The Drood Sarjeant-at-Arms is just a wacko as far as I’m concerned. Actually, the only Drood that seems to have his head on right is Eddie. Somebody, please put him in charge! Ahem- hint hint…don’t miss out on the epilogue!
So, like I said I’m new having just read the previous book. Frankly, it doesn’t matter that I didn’t start from the beginning. I love the wackadoodleness that the series and Droods had to offer. Let me go even further and say this is only my second book by this author but by checking out his other books it was easy for me to see Night Fall ties several series together. Is that where all the characters come from? Dead Boy, Razor Eddie, John Taylor, Shotgun Suzie, London Knights, the Ghost Finders, the Spawn of Frankenstein and so many more. ACK! More reading for me to get in. I don’t even care that I haven’t read the other books, I know perfection when I read it and IMHO, this is probably the best finale to a series I have ever read.
I received this book from The JeepDiva with the express purpose of an honest review. The opinions, contents, and rating of this review are solely mine
Stars – 4.5
I was shocked that this book is the last in three of Mr. Green’s series: Nightside, Droods, and Ghostfinders (I think those are the ones) according to the note at the end by the author. I’ve always been a fan of the Nightside books, my favorite actually, so I was very happy to see some old favorites in this book. One thing I must state right up front is that this book is probably one of the most death-filled books I’ve read by this author. If you are bothered by the death of some of your favorite side characters, you might want to rethink reading this one; I was saddened by some of the deaths in this book. However, I will also say this book was probably my favorite of the Drood books, and one of my favorites of the Nightside series. Deaths aside, this book was full of action-packed plot and fun. I loved this book in spite of all of the negative things above: if you’re going to go out, go out in style! If you are a fan of any of the series mentioned above, give this one a try. You will love it! Highly recommend! I was provided a complimentary copy of the e-book which I reviewed voluntarily.