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- Content warnings: Violence, Murder, Death, Substance abuse, Toxic relationships
Thief of Night
by Holly Black
Book 2 in The Charlatan Duology
Holly Black delivers the romance Book of Night teased - Charlie and Red's chemistry crackles with yearning as she fights to win back a lover who doesn't remember her, wrapped in morally complex urban fantasy.
goodreads 4/5 7,965 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length277 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Push and pull
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- Book hangover
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- Cursed
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Tension / anticipation
- Cathartic release
- Dark/tortured soul
- Redemption romance
- Tension
- Longing glances
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Second chance
- Big city / metropolis
- Urban fantasy
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Cursed love interest
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- Demons
- Hidden past revealed
- Golems / animated constructs
Reading experience
- Third person
- Medium
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Heavy
- Spy/thief
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- Bisexual MC
- Mysterious
- Sharp
- Morally gray
- Queer
- Suspenseful
- Survivor
- Angsty
- Romantic
- Page turner
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Book details
- Length
- 277 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book