{"id":13118,"date":"2020-08-31T11:03:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T05:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/?p=13118"},"modified":"2020-09-13T04:27:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T22:57:14","slug":"the-night-and-the-land-the-deschembine-1-by-matt-spencer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/31\/the-night-and-the-land-the-deschembine-1-by-matt-spencer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Night and the Land (The Deschembine #1) by Matt Spencer &#8211; Book Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1550206951l\/44014200._SY475_.jpg\" alt=\"The Night and the Land (The Deschembine Trilogy Book 1)\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/44014200-the-night-and-the-land\">Goodreads&nbsp;<\/a>|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/gp\/product\/B07N7T224R\/ref=x_gr_w_bb_sin?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=x_gr_w_bb_in-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=3626&amp;creative=24790\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Source<\/strong>: Review Copy<\/li><li><strong>Pages:<\/strong>&nbsp;362<\/li><li><strong>Publication Date:<\/strong>&nbsp;May 13th, 2019<\/li><li><strong>Publisher<\/strong>: Back Roads Carnival Books<\/li><li><strong>My Rating:<\/strong>&nbsp;3.5\/5<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Night and the Land<\/em> by Matt Spencer is a dark fantasy book where the main characters, Sally and Rob meet each other amongst menacing circumstances. Living among &#8216;Earth-liners,&#8217; Rob has always known there is something different about him. Sally is on the run from her dangerous family and finds herself in Brattleboro, Vermont. The two meet and fall for each other but soon realize they are star-crossed lovers as a Spirelight and a Crimbone cannot be together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book starts with a scene where Rob is a child. Some murders take place nearby and he notices his father acting weirdly. They are visited by a man who is a stranger to Rob but seems to know his dad well. Rob doesn&#8217;t know what his dad is hiding but is aware that something about his dad scares other people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It took me a while to get into the story. We don&#8217;t get to know about the background until the middle of the book and that left me confused as to what was going on. The plot picks up pace after that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I admired Sally&#8217;s courage. She had been through a lot and she never let her guard down for anyone until Rob came along. At first, I didn&#8217;t like Rob. He is described as someone who is lazy and he fell in love with Sally too quickly. However, he turns out to be a more complex character as the book progresses. There are many other characters in the novel, especially sinister ones, like Sally&#8217;s family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The story gets very gruesome in some places. There is a lot of violence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I didn&#8217;t love the writing style. It was very crude and perhaps, that kind of narration is not for me. I think the writing style could have been more polished as it felt sloppy at places. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Night and the Land<\/em> is a good book for someone who enjoys fantasy on the darker side. It has lots of action, intriguing characters, and a romantic story filled with hope. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Connect with me on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tavleen_words\/\">Instagram<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tavleensoni\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/user\/show\/32793447-tavleen-kaur\">Goodreads<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/31\/the-night-and-the-land-the-deschembine-1-by-matt-spencer\/#more-13118\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &#10142; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Night and the Land (The Deschembine #1) by Matt Spencer &#8211; Book Review<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[85,181,342],"class_list":["post-13118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews","tag-book-review","tag-fantasy-books","tag-paranormal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10757,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/14\/adventures-in-farland-by-moshank-relia-book-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":13118,"position":0},"title":"Adventures In Farland by Moshank Relia (Book Review)","date":"October 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Add this book on Goodreads Genre:\u00a0Children's Fantasy Publisher:\u00a0Rumour Books India Release Date: October 19th 2017 Pages:\u00a070 Format:\u00a0Paperback My Rating: 4\u00a0stars Mira and her friends Bira and Vira are on their way to Gunhill when they are meet Bushy, a funny man with ladybugs in his hair. 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