But she’s determined to remain on the straight and narrow, working as a bartender to earn enough money to send her magic-obsessed sister Posy to university, and living a quiet existence with her stoic boyfriend, Vince, whose own shadow was stolen from him before they met. In a world where a person’s shadow can be manipulated, sold, stolen or severed, Charlie has made bad decision after bad decision since she was old enough to make them for herself. Black’s debut adult novel, Book of Night, shares that same wicked blend of secrets, lies and murder, sitting comfortably in the urban fantasy genre, but if you’re expecting it to be anything like its faerie predecessor, you ought to leave those expectations at the door.Ĭharlie Hall is a thief for hire. Having written over thirty fantasy novels for children, teens and young adults, Holly Black is perhaps best known for Folk of the Air, a YA urban fantasy series set in a lavish and dangerous fae world.
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