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elnade 's review for:
Thief of Night
by Holly Black
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
ARC provided by Tor Publishing via NetGalley for an honest review.
This was a fabulous ending to this wickedly dark duology were shadows can be altered, stolen and even weaponized. Ms Black delivers another urban fantasy where the characters are morally complex, defiantly flawed and full of dark and dry humor. It was deliciously atmospheric and the world building was amazing! I do recommend that if it has been awhile since you read the first book, that you read it again. As this book pretty much starts right where the last one ended and doesn’t spend a lot of time explaining what has happened before.
This was a fabulous ending to this wickedly dark duology were shadows can be altered, stolen and even weaponized. Ms Black delivers another urban fantasy where the characters are morally complex, defiantly flawed and full of dark and dry humor. It was deliciously atmospheric and the world building was amazing! I do recommend that if it has been awhile since you read the first book, that you read it again. As this book pretty much starts right where the last one ended and doesn’t spend a lot of time explaining what has happened before.
I really like Charlie Hall. She is such a flawed character and she has a knack for making bad decisions, even when she is trying very hard to make the right ones. She has a very complex relationship with her family, but they had a lot to do with how her personality developed. Charlie is a con artist and a pretty good one, as well as a thief of magical objects and books. She is in way over her head in this book, but she somehow manages to make it all work in her favor.
Red/Vincent is also a very complex character. Due to what happened at the end of book one, he no longer remembers who he is or his relationship with Charlie. Red is a very dangerous and frustrated character who has some anger management issues. But I just loved his dry humor and watching him fall in love with Charlie all over again was wonderful.
The writing is of course very atmospheric, and a great blend of urban fantasy and noir. It was very dark, even when it was being a bit humorous. The banter between the characters was well done and at times was the light in all of the darkness. The pacing was pretty steady throughout the story, but did get a little slow in the middle. I really enjoyed the plot with its many layers and twists. I really enjoyed the world that was created here with the magic being based in shadows and that only a few controlled the magic.
A great ending to this duology. I really hope that we haven’t seen the end of this world though. I would enjoy more stories set in this fascinating shadow world, even if it is about totally different characters. I really do recommend that you reread, or even read for the first time the first book in this duology. This book is really dependent on your knowing what has happened before to these characters.
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