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A review by maryleong
What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher
3.0
This was a much shorter read than I was expecting. It certainly felt a lot shorter than What Moves the Dead – perhaps because the plot is fairly straightforward and wraps up quite neatly.
In this sequel, Lieutenant Alex Easton returns to the family estate to find that the old caretaker has died and the townsfolk are cagey about what happened. Conversations with locals soon uncover a local legend about the moroi, a hag which sits upon the chest of sleepers and sucks the breath from them.
Plot-wise, this is an extremely light read – the story wraps up fairly quickly as the moroi's origin is discovered and the spirit is appeased. What really stood out for me was the exploration of Easton's PTSD from the war. It's never dramatic or overstated – it's a realistic look at the mundane, everyday disassociation and flashbacks during ordinary moments, and chokehold that the memories continue to have over time.
Overall, a solid read but there are plenty of T. Kingfisher novels that I'd recommend before this one.
In this sequel, Lieutenant Alex Easton returns to the family estate to find that the old caretaker has died and the townsfolk are cagey about what happened. Conversations with locals soon uncover a local legend about the moroi, a hag which sits upon the chest of sleepers and sucks the breath from them.
Plot-wise, this is an extremely light read – the story wraps up fairly quickly as the moroi's origin is discovered and the spirit is appeased. What really stood out for me was the exploration of Easton's PTSD from the war. It's never dramatic or overstated – it's a realistic look at the mundane, everyday disassociation and flashbacks during ordinary moments, and chokehold that the memories continue to have over time.
Overall, a solid read but there are plenty of T. Kingfisher novels that I'd recommend before this one.