A review by morethanmylupus
Book of Night by Holly Black

2.0

I didn't particularly love Holly Black's Cruel Prince series, but the premise of this one sounded too good to pass up. Unfortunately, it just wasn't for me. It dragged and dragged and dragged. Basically nothing happened for the first 50% of the book, and then we got a ton of new characters that don't seem to be hugely relevant to the story. More frustratingly, there was no clear explanation for why we have these shadows etc etc. All this world-building without basis lacked impact. Not my favorite and I don't think I'll pick up the second half of this duology.