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What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher
4.0

I am more partial to Vernon's fantasy and her contemporary horror than the historical fiction/supernatural stories that she's written in this book and the previous one. The first book was a retelling of [b:The Fall of the House of Usher|175516|The Fall of the House of Usher|Edgar Allan Poe|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1387708966l/175516._SY75_.jpg|15570703] but as far as I can tell this one is just a continuation of the story that isn't based on anything else.

I enjoy Alex as a character, but the tone of the story is a lot more serious than in her other books. Having just read [b:Nine Goblins|18735220|Nine Goblins|T. Kingfisher|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1403880756l/18735220._SX50_.jpg|26611013], which revolves around war as well, and follows a bunch of soldiers thrown into a dire situation of the magical variety, I missed the dark humour in this one. Still a fantastically written book regardless, just not one I will want to re-read.