![]() ![]() ![]() Then, a sort-of friend comes into the bar and asks her to use her special ‘‘talents’’ to find her overdue boyfriend, and that same night Charlie sees a particularly nasty dead body in the same space as a creature composed of some particularly nasty shadow magic. She is now tending bar, putting her dollars toward her sister Posey’s college, and living with her very good looking, good-guy boyfriend Vince, who definitely has some secrets. Charlie is suspicious of shadow tampering and far more interested in putting her bad habits, which often brought her close to magic’s seamier side, behind her. ![]() This is unpredictable magic with unclear objectives and yet hugely popular among those who can afford it. Set in ‘‘the Silicon Valley of shadow magic’’ (aka Western Massachusetts), with reformed thief and conwoman Charlie Hall at its center, Book of Night introduces a world where shadows can be removed, enhanced, or manipulated. Book of Night, Holly Black ( Tor 978-9-3, $27.99, hc, 320pp) May 2022.īestselling YA author Holly Black makes her long-awaited adult debut with the dark fantasy Book of Night. ![]()
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