Book of Night

By Holly Black

Book of Night - Holly Black
  • Release Date: 2022-05-03
  • Genre: Contemporary
Score: 4
4
From 276 Ratings

Description

"A delicious, dark, adrenaline rush of a book. I'm already dying to see Charlie Hall's next con." - New York Times bestselling author, Alix E. Harrow

#1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black makes her stunning adult debut with Book of Night, a modern dark fantasy of betrayals, secret societies, and a dissolute thief of shadows, in the vein of Neil Gaiman and Erin Morgenstern.

Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn’t pick, a book she couldn’t steal, or a bad decision she wouldn’t make.

She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians who manipulate shadows to peer into locked rooms, strangle people in their beds, or worse. Gloamists guard their secrets greedily, creating an underground economy of grimoires. And to rob their fellow magicians, they need Charlie Hall.

Now, she’s trying to distance herself from past mistakes, but getting out isn’t easy. Bartending at a dive, she’s still entirely too close to the corrupt underbelly of the Berkshires. Not to mention that her sister Posey is desperate for magic, and that Charlie's shadowless, and possibly soulless, boyfriend has been hiding things from her. When a terrible figure from her past returns, Charlie descends into a maelstrom of murder and lies.

Determined to survive, she’s up against a cast of doppelgangers, mercurial billionaires, gloamists, and the people she loves best in the world—all trying to steal a secret that will give them vast and terrible power.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Reviews

  • Surprised at how much I enjoyed it

    5
    By Summer Clouds
    It was set in a world where u could control ur shadows to do anything, and a story of a thief who was caught in it. I like there is some realism to it where it set in our current modern time & the girl can’t fight for toffee. I was quite amused in some parts but not a funny book. Still kept my interest up.
  • So creative.

    5
    By TLHaywood
    Loved all of it.
  • Trash

    1
    By k!lllllllkdkfkfmvm
    An absolute waste of precious time and money. I made it to page 72. The first book I have ever not finished. Terrible writing, plot and character building.
  • Compelling read

    5
    By Bigchungus789
    Kept my interest, and I loved the end!
  • A Fine Addition to My Collection

    5
    By Spudlackusven
    Holly Black delivers with another amazing book. The story is fast paced and full of twists and turns. I loved the detective in Charlie’s character, keeping me engaged as piece by piece mysteries were unveiled.
  • Book two please!!

    5
    By BASF15
    More please!! Charlie can’t end there.
  • AMAZING

    5
    By LKC (@el_carp)
    Gave me ‘Ninth House’ vibes. Holly crushed it with this one !