What Feasts at Night

, #2

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Hardcover, 176 pages

Published March 26, 2024 by Tor Nightfire.

ISBN:
978-1-250-83085-2
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The follow-up to T. Kingfisher’s bestselling gothic novella, What Moves the Dead .

Retired soldier Alex Easton returns in a horrifying new adventure.

After their terrifying ordeal at the Usher manor, Alex Easton feels as if they just survived another war. All they crave is rest, routine, and sunshine, but instead, as a favor to Angus and Miss Potter, they find themself heading to their family hunting lodge, deep in the cold, damp forests of their home country, Gallacia.

In theory, one can find relaxation in even the coldest and dampest of Gallacian autumns, but when Easton arrives, they find the caretaker dead, the lodge in disarray, and the grounds troubled by a strange, uncanny silence. The villagers whisper that a breath-stealing monster from folklore has taken up residence in Easton’s home. Easton knows better than to put too much stock in local superstitions, but they can …

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reviewed What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher (Sworn Soldier, #2)

Creepy

Alex Eaton is back.

After their ordeal at the Usher Mansion in the last book, they took a brief sojourn in Paris, and at the start of this instalment, they're returning to his native Gallacia to spend some time at their family's hunting lodge. They and Angus have also invited Miss Potter to join them and study mushrooms.

Creepy stuff ensues.

And it IS pretty creepy. Not really too scary, and it's a slow burn, but once it got going, I was hooked. It's also nice to see a non-binary main character whose gender identity is there, but not a major part of the plot. It just feels... normal. It's nice. :-)

reviewed What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher (Sworn Soldier, #2)