Allison saft down comes the night6/25/2023 ![]() ![]() She also longs for love and approval from her commander, Una, but although Una clearly returns Wren’s affections, Una is always a little standoffish and disapproving of Wren’s kinder qualities, because of Una’s position as a war leader.Īfter Wren is banished from the Guard for using her healing powers on a prisoner, she accepts a job in a neutral neighboring country, which is where the gothic kicks in. As the daughter of the last Queen and a commoner, Wren craves the approval of her aunt, the current queen, but gets only contempt. She serves as a medic in the Queen’s Guard in the war between Danu (her country) and Vesria. Wren Colwick is a healer, gifted with healing magic. ![]() I was entranced by the atmosphere but the poor heroine’s indecisiveness and lack of common sense, combined with an over-reliance on cliches and purple prose, almost made this a DNF. This book, which ends on a cliffhanger, features a scene in which the heroine, bare-footed, sneaks into the forbidden East Wing, clad in a white nightie and holding a candelabra, at midnight, so you can tell it’s not fucking around. But Down Comes the Nightmight have out-gothic-ed me, and that’s no easy feat. I cannot get enough of mouldering abbeys and candlelight. ![]() Genre: Gothic, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult ![]()
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