For me, they are the true magic of this novel. Charlie is messed up on so many levels, but she is also incredibly endearing, as are her boyfriend Vince and her sister Poser. The alluring premise led me to buy this book, but in the end, the endearing characters kept me turning the pages. Charlie is quickly pulled into a mysterious plot involving secret identities, a murderous shadow, and ancient manuscripts about shadows. She tends to make enemies of the wrong people, too. However, she seems drawn to trouble besides working in a bar frequented by criminals, she is also dating a man who cleans up crime scenes for a living. The novel follows Charlie Hall, a retired con artist now struggling to make ends meet working as a bartender. Holly Black’s debut adult fantasy novel is a wickedly alluring tale of love, heists, and dark magic-quite literally, because in The Book of Night, shadows can be manipulated, stolen, and even become their own entities.
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