She’s an extremely hard worker and does her best to keep her adoptive mother and those around her happy. They’re treated better than Half Kiths but not as good as High Kiths. Middlings are in the middle of the pyramid. Half Kiths also cannot leave the Ward, the small city they live in that is completely surrounded by a massive wall. They’re likely to be harshly punished for next to nothing. They’re treated harshly, cruelly, and extremely unfairly. Half Kiths are at the very bottom of society. They live a life of decadence, wealth, and freedom. This story follows Nirrim, a nineteen year old girl who lives in Herrath. A 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.” Her writing is always lyrical, utterly beautiful, and heart-wrenching with a little magic thrown in. All I knew coming into this book was that it’s written by Marie Rutkoski. I was absolutely blown away by this book. It’s far, far more than you could imagine.

The Midnight Lie is the type of book that appears one way on the surface but is entirely different underneath. Needless to say, I was helpless to Marie Rutkoski’s spell I was instantly enraptured with this story. That quote is from the very first chapter. With a quote like that, you know you’re in for a delightful ride. “So you tell me what would make a good, quiet girl get herself in trouble, especially when she had so much to lose. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. 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. 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.

Where Nirrim lives, crime abounds, a harsh tribunal rules, and society’s pleasures are reserved for the High Kith. Genres: Diverse, F/F, LGBTQ+, Magic, NA, Romance, YA This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence.

Sid the midnight lie