A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha ShannonMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Say, has Shannon established a pattern? I’d say so. A couple of them, in fact: releasing new novels each odd numbered calendar year, and now, alternating between novels of The Bone Season and the novels of The Priory of the Orange Tree, or, as we now call this series, Roots of Chaos. Here, Shannon gives us an epic standalone prequel, as much of an 800 page brick as Priory was, and equally full of world-hopping multiple POVs from across the many in universe nations and ethnic groups Shannon has written. And yes, at least one lesbian romance, because of course. This time, Shannon explores the frigid North of Hróth, which lay mostly unseen or even unheard from in Priory,, and includes one of my favorite characters since Ead and Sabran as its primary viewpoint character: a foundling named Wulf. It’s set about 500 years before Priory, but mercifully doesn’t require reading that book in advance of this one. Truly, it’s a standalone prequel, and I’m absolutely not surprised that Shannon wasn’t done with this world after Priory was published. There’s just so many stories to tell…but for now, I’m most eagerly awaiting TBS5 after that insidious cliffhanger on The Mask Falling…
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