What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher is a gothic horror novella and the second in the Sworn Soldier series (4.5/5 stars)

What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher is a gothic horror novella and the second in the Sworn Soldier series.

I borrowed the audiobook from my local library because it was narrated by Avi Roque. They’re one of my favorite narrators right now.

T. Kingfisher is also an auto-read author for me. I really love their sense of humor, and how good they are at foreboding and foreshadowing prose.

Alex Easton, our gender queer point-of-view character, is a complete cinnamon roll. I will happily continue to read their story, especially if they keep running into weird stuff.

We have the continued exploration of mental health (Alex has PTSD from their military service). There’s also new pronouns for the parish priest; in What Moves the Dead we learned that their country Galacia uses tons of different pronouns.

Other ties from the first book include Alex’s batman Angus and the mycologist Miss Potter (and their budding potential romance). Hob, Alex’s horse, continues to be a scene-stealer, though I was worried about him for a time.

While we do have another decaying estate in this installment, it’s from unuse. Alex inherited a hunting lodge but hasn’t really checked up on it in at least a decade. It’s in a fairly remote area, and Kingfisher delves into folklore for the “big bad” of the novella.

I really liked this one. And gosh, these covers have phenomenal art.

I received a copy of this book to review. Thank you to NetGalley and Tor Nightfire for the complimentary digital reader copy. All opinions contained herein are my own.

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