Book of Night: The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller

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Firstly: when I read a book, I ask myself what’s more important for me? Pacing? Way of storytelling? Plot line? Structure? Execution ? Ending? Book of Night follows Charlie, who lives in a world where shadows can change in magical ways. Charlie has lived a life full of treachery and is trying to go on the straight and narrow. But life is never that simple, and when the Liber Noctem is stolen her life is thrown into chaos. C’mon. Knight Singh got murdered in his bed, and the room was trashed. Someone made off with his personal folio of magical discoveries,” Balthazar called after her, unconvinced. “This is what you were best at.” Initially, I wasn't sold on that past perspective, but eventually I did come to understand why it was important to the development of Charlie as a character.

Book of Night" is a dark, twisted, atmospheric and high-stakes Adult Fantasy Romance book which is probably the first instalment of a new series. But it definitely can be read as a standalone. The story is set in an urban setting. It's also a heist story. The magic system was not complicated but the explanations provided didn't really worked for me. I was confused the whole time reading this book. I'm still not sure I understood any of it. Mom says that when I try to get a real job, I am going to regret having something I can’t hide. I told her it was my commitment to never selling out.” But as tired as Charlie was, she needed the cash. And she figured she better keep busy. Keeping busy meant keeping out of trouble. Now now now (rubs hands excitedly), it's time to talk about our great Charlatan. I'm not going to call her Charlie. Don't ask me why because I myself have no idea. So...Charlatan was an interesting character. I was super excited after meeting her because I thought she would be a older version if Jude. Nope, I was dead wrong. Charlatan was stupid, annoyingly and boring. She had some character traits of Kaz. But we all know the truth. Kaz Brekker is one and only. Whoever tries to copy him...fails miserably. So, Charlatan, go and DIE.A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy. The writing is good, I believe it is a bit more mature which goes well with the age group, that being said, I think I found The Folk of the Air series more quotable! The story is confusing at first because the world needs some time to get into although it is not very complex once some answers are provided. The story is told mainly through Charlie’s POV with chapters from her past. I regret to inform you that I was thoroughly maddened by the cliffhanger. Sometimes a book will resolve the major arc and just throw out one unresolved or new point from which a new story can emerge, so it has both a satisfying ending and a cliffhanger simultaneously. This is not one of those books. This cliffhanger is the “hanging off the cliff by fingernails with no announced date for a sequel as of the time of this review” type of cliffhanger. It is this, plus a certain amount of repetitiveness with Charlie having low self esteem problems, that bothered me most.

Doreen’s wet, red-rimmed eyes suggested that she’d have a hard time waiting. Or that she’d had a few drinks before she arrived. Maybe both.The first half of the book was too slow and I guessed so many readers are not patient enough to go on and most of them dnf and drop it down. Harry Bosch and the Lincoln Lawyer team up to exonerate a woman who’s already served five years for killing her ex-husband.

Determined to survive, she’s up against a cast of doppelgangers, mercurial billionaires, gloamists, and the people she loves best in the world—all trying to steal a secret that will give them vast and terrible power. Third person, flat narration was not great choice for storytelling. Dual or multi POVs worked so much better. The less dialogues and flat tone reminding you of long essays make you yawn just a little bit!The shadow magic in this book is hardly explained. Shadows can be cosmetically shaped, but they can also trigger emotions and give you powers? And somehow they’re linked to a person’s subconscious? There are a few attempts to add rules and structure to the magic system, but that is all tossed away whenever the plot needs shadows to do something different. The world is monotone and drab. I can’t even claim it had potential because it was so underdeveloped. I really hate to say this, but Book of Night felt like the first draft of a first outline. There were that many plot holes.