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This 2nd book in the #SwornSoldierSeries is my favorite! Alex & Angus are headed back to their home country & to the hunting lodge Alex inherited long ago. When they arrive, they quickly learn they need a new caretaker (& someone to act as a chaperone for our favorite mycologist‘s upcoming visit!). The locals are nervous about a moth/spirit sucking hag, though the grandmother & grandson they find are both scene stealers! Alex‘s PTSD features here.

(2024) Second in a series that I'm thinking of as "Ruritanian weird" until someone offers a better subgenre term, featuring a wandering soldier dealing with PTSD and stranger things. In this one, Easton returns to their ancestral estate which is rumored to be haunted by a breath-stealing ghost. Creepy fun, and introduces characters I hope will return in future volumes. For which, I am here.

Kingfisher (along with narrator Avi Roque) does an excellent job creating the chill and chilling atmosphere of this short novel. I really admire Roque's use of dramatic pauses. The ending feels a little abrupt after the build-up, but it also feels appropriate. I definitely plan to read Easton's next adventure, but I might put a little time between this one and the next; I think this series might lose its luster if I binged it.

Enjoyed the first one so much I‘m moving right along to the second.

#spookyseason

This book continues to follow Alex Easton through the dark and atmospheric world Kingfisher has created, as another unsettling mystery comes to light.

While I didn't feel this quite reached the level of What Moves the Dead, it was still a very good book, weaving the character's internal and external struggles together into a truly eerie read.

Another 5 ⭐️ from T. Kingfisher.

The 3rd book in this series comes out in a few months. While I'm excited for it, I'm starting to feel bad for how much poor Alex Easton keeps going through. Lol

Loved the second Sworn Solider novella. Not quite as much as the first, but I am mushroom biased. Some amazing characterisation and world building, especially the first hand look at Galatian culture through Alex's sardonic viewpoint.

Ostriches are things that happen to other people

4.5/5 ⭐️
I really liked this little novella - this can be read as a standalone without losing anything by not having read the first book (📖 #WhatMovesTheDead ). The cover art is a stunner again, I love all the art associated with this series so far. I‘m really getting into T. Kingfisher and this series is a great intro if you‘re curious also.

Airport read, seeing as how I only made it 5 pages before being interrupted the last time I opened this baby, I‘m hoping to be able to both start and finish it during this long weekend in Dallas.

#summerreading #vacationreading #airportbooks #creepybooks

The second book in T. Kingfisher's Sworn Soldier series, this novella works as a standalone. A gothic horror story that's both creepy and cozy. It's been nominated for the #hugoawards Best Novella.

#52bookclub25 (non-human antagonist)

Relaxing with a view. 😎

Hard pick, but I'm not surprised, T. Kingfisher is a great author. The second book in the Easton saga (if we can call it that) and, even though this one is slightly different, it has all the creepiness, wit and pleasant story-telling of the first book.

#AuldLangSpine

“May we always have the choice to err on the side of mercy“.

We should all make this our mantra for the hard times ahead ❤️

“The Widow Botezatu, who had been observing this conversation between the priest and her pet foreigner with poorly hidden glee, was delighted at the prospect of feeding both at once, and readily agreed. We parted from Father Sebastian with a promise to see var in two days, and were finally allowed to leave the church and return to our usual week‘s degeneracy.”

Not yet time for #ALSpine2025 but I‘m getting into the spirit early with the sequel to What Moves the Dead (which both @BookmarkTavern and I had on our lists). Egg and cheese on a salt bagel with a Coke to go with it.

Deliciously creepy. I really felt like I was experiencing all the horrific things Easton experienced. Also quite funny in spots.

#gothic fiction is soooo good. I read “The Hollow Places” by T. Kingfisher last year and these two novellas and they are AMAZING. Perfect #fall reads.

Finished “What Feasts at Night” last night and immediately put three of her books on hold.

#everydayishalloween

never to early to start #halloween reading #spooky

The sequel to What Moves the Dead, idk what deal Kingfisher made to continuously get the most gorgeous covers, but it‘s worth it. I loved checking in with Alex, and the worldbuilding this book does for Gallacia is lovely.

4.5 stars | #horror

This book has 147 pages. I read 50 and bailed because I couldn‘t imagine it getting better, and I could not get into it whatsoever. I loved the novel that came before, so I was excited to continue where the story left off.. but it ended up being a dud for me.

Book 106/100 of the year.

The second book with our main character and their friends return to a family cabin to discover something is very wrong. A fun quick read. 4⭐️

These Sworn Soldier novellas are must reads for me. This was a great follow up to the first novella based on The House of Usher. Great cast of supporting characters which leads me to hope we will get a book 3.
Book 21 of 2024

A short, creepy read. Alex‘s bumbling investigations and attempts to charm the grumpy widow were entertaining. T. Kingfisher has a way of describing the goriest scenes that make you feel like it‘s happening to you.

"A poet once wrote that the woods of Gallacia are as deep and dark as God's sorrow."

An appropriately eerie beginning.

#firstlinefriday @ShyBookOwl

Alex Easton returns, this time to their family‘s neglected hunting lodge, where death comes quietly at night to suck the very breath from your lungs. What Feasts at Night has all the darkly humorous, thrillingly gothic, and deliciously folkloric horror we know and love from its predecessor What Moves the Dead. I just enjoy Alex, Angus, and Miss Potter so much, I‘d follow them into any creepy corner of Gallacia! Read for the #TransRightsReadathon!

Although this book‘s mystery was less satisfyingly woven than its predecessor‘s, the characters and universe they inhabit are so richly developed that they more than make up for it. It is very rare that I enjoy a series mainly for its main character, but Alex Easton is a glorious exception.

“If you have ever dealt with the possessions of the dead, you probably know what I mean. You take things away and leave behind emptiness, and everything you remove-every sheet and pillowcase, every lost sock and old razor-erases a little bit of the dead person's footprint in the world. You picture your own home being carted away, piece by piece, hopefully by loved ones and not by strangers.”

#ReadAway2024 #SeriesLove2024

A follow up to What Moves the Dead & second in the Sworn Soldier series (which I hope means more books). I love the mix of creepy gothic vibes & dark humor that Kingfisher infuses these novellas with. Alex Easton is a great character & I love Angus, their batman & Miss Potter too. In this book the trio is reunited at Easton‘s family‘s hunting lodge. The blend of fantasy, folklore & horror in these books is superb!

Easton returns home to the Gallacian lodge of their youth, only to discover that there is more to the death of the caretaker & the decay of the lodge than they could dream.

God I love Kingfisher‘s horror. Visceral & insidious, & so damn creepy, I got goosebumps 1/2 way through. We get more of Easton, Angus, & Miss Potter, & such interesting world building I immediately wanted to go back to the first one to reread both. 🤞🏻 for a 3rd! 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗

Yesterday‘s smallish #LibraryBookHaul 📚 I went to pick up my holds on the tagged book so I can read the follow-up to What Moves the Dead & Relish, a reread for my virtual foodie book club & grabbed the latest (book 5) for #NancyDrewBR & saw Tales of Korea that I thought would be fun for #FoodandLit

The book🐔🐔approve!

Surprise afternoon off equals shopping and lunch! 💖 #BookHaul

4.5/5

I loved this sequel to What Moves the Dead that moves away from the retelling of The Fall of the House of Usher and into a reimagining of European mythical creatures. Just like the first book, it's very atmospheric and gothic. I thought it took slightly longer to get as unsettling as What Moves the Dead, but when it did it was fantastic. I would happily read about Alex Easton's interactions with mythical creatures again and again.

I had to jump to this one since its due back to the library before the others. I really wanted to like this one since i liked What Moves The Dead. This one fell kind of flat for me and i found myself getting confused and having to reread sections. I still dont know what happened! Ill have to reread it at some point.

ebook: The Reanimator's Soul Kara Jorgensen
audiobook: What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher is a tale of mystery, denial, and the desperation one feels when unsure how to help others in the most terrifying of times.

If you enjoyed What Moves the Dead, this follow-up will be a fun read if you can look past the main character‘s constant denial! I had fun listening to this one and enjoyed immersing myself in this author‘s work.

https://www.ericarobynreads.com/what-feasts-at-night-by-t-kingfisher/

#2024Book2

Thank you to #TorPublishingGroup #TorNightfire and #NetGalley for providing this #ARC Advance Reading Copy. Expected publication date is February 13, 2024 • 5 Stars

“What Feasts at Night” is a horror-fantasy novella by T. Kingfisher and the second book in the “Sworn Soldier” series. The story follows retired soldier Alex Easton, who is asked to investigate a family hunting lodge in Gallacia. ⬇️