And sometimes, it has a life of its own.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. 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. 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. Don’t miss out on this story-let it pull you in for a wild ride. Holly Black has created a shadowy masterpiece, wholly unique and even a little sinister at times. I could not get enough of its intricate world building, suspenseful plot, or Charlie Hall, who I rooted for on every page. This is a deliciously dark tale that I promise you will not be able to put down. Suddenly, she is thrown back into the dark world of shadow trading, where she encounters people who would do anything to control the shadows. But then one day, someone from Charlie’s past reemerges.
Gloamists are people who steal shadows and manipulate them for all sorts of reasons: for entertainment, to alter memories, even to gain power. So when I read the first few pages of Book of Night, I knew it was going to be one of those special books that pulled me into its world and would not let me return to reality until I had savored every last page.Ĭharlie Hall is a low level con artist who does the occasional odd job here or there when she’s not bartending, having left the more dangerous world of shadow trading and gloamists behind. It’s a feeling that I search for every time I reach for a new book. Or when someone says my name for the hundredth time, trying to draw my attention away from whatever story I’ve lost myself in. How do you know when you’re fully immersed in the world of a book? For me, it’s when I forget to check if I’m at my train stop.
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