Remember while you read, light isn't playing tricks in Book of Night, the people are. 0:00 / 8:05 intro BOOK OF NIGHT BY HOLLY BLACK Spoiler free review of new fantasy release Fun Fantasy Books 5.31K subscribers Subscribe 579 views 10 months ago In this. With sharp angles and prose, and a sinister bent, Holly Black is a master of shadow and story stitching. This item will be available on Aug of 5 Editorial Reviews. Determined to survive, Charlie throws herself into a maelstrom of secrets and murder, setting her against a cast of doppelgangers, mercurial billionaires, shadow thieves, and her own sister-all desperate to control the magic of the shadows. Book of Night (B&N Exclusive Edition) by Holly Black Available for Pre-Order. She gets by doing odd jobs for her patrons and the naive new money in her town at the edge of the Berkshires.īut when a terrible figure from her past returns, Charlie's present life is thrown into chaos, and her future seems at best, unclear-and at worst, non-existent.

Your shadow holds all the parts of you that you want to keep hidden-a second self, standing just to your left, walking behind you into lit rooms.Ĭharlie is a low-level con artist, working as a bartender while trying to distance herself from the powerful and dangerous underground world of shadow trading. You can alter someone's feelings-and memories-but manipulating shadows has a cost, with the potential to take hours or days from your life. In Charlie Hall's world, shadows can be altered, for entertainment and cosmetic preferences-but also to increase power and influence. 'No one writes like Holly Black.' John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author 'Black is a master at world-building.' The New York Times Book Review #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black makes her stunning adult debut with Book of Night, a modern dark fantasy of shadowy thieves and secret societies in the vein of Ninth House and The Night Circus 1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black makes her stunning adult debut with Book of Night, a modern dark fantasy of shadowy thieves and secret so.

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