A review by beebeewin
A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Another great novel by Samantha Shannon within the world of the Priory of the Orange Tree! While I don't think this is my favorite fantasy book, I do like it better than Priory of the Orange Tree. I think Shannon's world building, character writing, and battles in this novel were fantastic. She really provided us deep character moments that made them feel so human and real. Especially, in a world so uncertain and full of natural disasters and disease, much like ours, Shannon made the characters and behaviors feel so true to life. As with her other books, I appreciate the queerness of the book and appreciated getting to see all kinds of relationships and sexualities represented. She pulled no punches and the ending destroyed me a little. I would say in comparison to the other book in this series, because everything was out in the open for every character in the beginning we got to spend more time with all of them and learn about their worlds. My only complaint is similar to the other book in the series, is that the ending felt a little rushed. I wanted to more in the battle and get to see the emotions and thoughts of all of our characters! I honestly might recommend this book more than Priory of the Orange Tree, especially of you are a little bisexual like me as there is plenty of cute love and intense emotionally wrecking action to go around!
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