The Stars Never Rise by Rachel Vincent

The Stars Never Rise by Rachel Vincent

Goodreads Blurb: 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.

My thoughts: I was a little nervous about reading this book. After reading the description I thought of the Host by Stephanie Meyer which I wasn’t thrilled about. This book is nothing like I expected it to be. The theory behind the Church and the process of who can get a soul and who can’t is fascinating, it probably shouldn’t be but I was hooked. I was sad to hear that the series will be a duology and little nervous. The ending of book 1 had a lot going one and I wasn’t sure in the sequel The Flame Never Dies would be enough.