Beware the Night (Beware the Night, #1) by Jessika Fleck
Published by Swoon Reads on March 12th 2019
ISBN: 1250154758
Pages: 320
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Beware the Night

 

Life is not easy for Veda.  She is with the impoverished Basso group who worship the sun and are at the lowest level, being below the Dogio group.  She has always believed that those who worship the dark and the moon are the evil forces, until she meets Dorian and learns that she may be the Lunalette for whom everyone has been waiting.  Nico has always been her best friend but he is now with the attacking Imperi forces who are at the top.  This book reminded me very much of The Hunger Games with battles, training on weapons, and people being sacrificed.  But even when there were evil plans being made and when Veda’s grandfather, Poppy, had just died Veda’s thoughts were with the Nico and Dorian triangle and the “butterflies” in her stomach as she tried to decide which man was for her.  This book is recommended for grades 7-12.

 

Reviewed by Ellen Spring, Oceanside High School, Rockland