A review by meltingpages
What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher

adventurous dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

 Suprisingly I didn't enjoy this one quite as much as I liked the first book, but I did still have a good time reading this! I did enjoy getting to see Alex again, this time back at their family's old hunting lodge where a creature from an old folktale is said to reside. This creature kills by sitting on your chest and stealing the air from your lungs while you sleep, which is terrifying! We also saw Alex dealing with the after effects of the events of the first book, and some characters come back like Angus and Miss Potter. This is more of a slow burn horror, much of the eerie stuff doesn't come into play (for me at least) until the second half. I listened to the audiobook for this and I think the narrator did a wonderful job with it! Trigger warnings everywhere for this one, including: anxiety, PTSD, fungus (again), depression, sickness of the lungs, body horror, animal violence, and discussion of the war. 
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