This is the second book with our main character and they return to their family cabin along with the friends they made in the previous book. They discover something is very very wrong. This was a bit more “fun” than the previous book and not as scary, still an entertaining read.

T. Kingfisher is quickly becoming one of my favorite writers. I love the horrific imagery in this story and the characters come to life so vividly. I only wish the story were longer.

Thank you to Netgalley for the copy.
This is the follow up to the bestselling Novella What Moves the Dead.
Alex Easton find themselves at their family hunting lodge in their home country. The caretaker is dead and the lodge is in disarray.
Is the culprit a breath-stealing monster that is residing at the lodge?

Another winner by Kingfisher! I absolutely loved What Moves the Dead and the follow up is no less entertaining. I love how Kingfisher creates such a tense and eerie atmosphere. I love how all the characters interact with one another and would continue to read more books about them all!

Just like What Moves The Dead, I absolutely loved this one! Being in a first person pov is probably my favorite! Being inside Easton’s head is a fun and curious place to be. Seeing the events unfold from his view is the perfect way.

It’s creepy, keeps you on your toes, and questioning what the heck you just read.

Thank you to NetGalley, for sending me a copy to read and review!

I love T. Kingfisher and will read all of their writings. this was creepy but a blast to read! I love the mix of historical fiction and horror.

I love Alex! This is the second installment and it takes off where book one ends. We follow Alex as he nearly escaped mushroom rabbits into his next monster.
Who can deny ghosts after mushrooms?

Another scary episode featuring Alex Easton. After visiting at the horrible Usher Manor, Easton retreats to his family's hunting lodge in Gallacia, with Angus and mycologist Miss Potter. This time Easton manages to dig up a ghost, who attacks in dreams but with deadly effects. Easton himself barely escapes, Despite the horror of this experience, Kingfisher manages to insert her signature bits of humor. Nice performance from narrator, Avi Roque. Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan for an advance copy.

Loved reading this one and it's predecessor. I'll be keeping all of this series stocked in the library for fans of historical horror.

Another great installment in this series. I didn't find it nearly as spooky as the first book but it still gave me the urge to check under the bed before going to sleep. I appreciate the humor mixed in with the horror elements and the way Kingfisher doesn't shy away from discussing more difficult topics.

“If this was a fairytale, it was the kind where everyone gets eaten as a cautionary tale about straying into the woods, not the sentimental kind that ends with a wedding and the words, ‘And if they have not since died, they are living there still.”

I want to start of by saying that I absolutely love T. Kingfisher’s writing. I’ve read a few of her books and enjoyed them immensely, including the previous book in this series. While I did enjoy What Feasts at Night and found it to be a truly unique story, it’s not my favorite by them. I love the characters in this series and would be completely open to reading more books featuring them. I enjoyed the references to the previous book and how affected Easton still is by what they experienced. I just didn’t feel like this book had as much impact as the previous. It had so much potential that it just didn’t live up to, for me. I felt like the ending was a bit rushed. I really do hope that there are further books because the characters are amazing and there’s still so much that could be done with them.

I didn’t realize how much I’d missed Alex, Angus, and Miss Potter until I settled in with this delightfully creepy sequel to What Moves the Dead (Fall of the House of Usher retelling).

When Alex and Angus arrive at the family hunting lodge, things aren’t as they’d expected. The longtime caretaker is dead, and folks in the village say a breath-stealing monster from folklore is responsible. Cue the gothic atmosphere and let the chills begin.

Alex hires a local woman and her son to work at the lodge, but after a few days the son’s health rapidly declines. He’s unable to pull himself out of bed much less breathe, and speaks of a ghostly woman who visits him at night. It’s not long before Alex reconsiders their belief in local superstitions. Besides these characters, the well-crafted dream sequences are what made this story for me. They blur the lines of reality, keeping me in suspense and questioning what was happening.

I recommend reading the first novella in this series because references are made to prior events from that story. Recommended for readers who enjoy haunted dreams, slow-burn horror with a touch of humor, and charismatic characters.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

In my opinion, T. Kingfisher never fails to impress. She skillfully combines dry humor with eerie settings to create a unique story, whether a novella or a full-length novel.

In What Feast At Night, the tension slowly builds as T. Kingfisher explores the darker side of superstitions and country folklore. I enjoyed the atmospheric gothic vibe of the book, but I wished it had more horror elements. This book is perfect if you are new to the horror genre or prefer a lighter horror experience. The story can be read as a stand-alone, so you don't need to worry about reading them in order. However, I must add that I found the horror elements in Book 1 to be scarier.

Avi Roque narrates the series; I listened to Book 1 as well. I hope they continue with future books because, to me, Avi Roque is Alex. Roque expertly handles the subtle dry humor while delivering the eerieness of the story.

This amazing book its the sequel of one of my favorite books from last year, What moves the dead.
I really enjoyed this book, but the horror elements appear so much later in the story, so you need to be a little be patient.
4 stars

Rumors of a breath-stealing monster, coming in the cover of night, has taken up residence at the hunting lodge. The former caretaker has died and Alex returns to check on the property and has difficulty backfilling the position. Alex generally doesn't put much stock in local rumors, or the monsters of lore being real, having just survived what they did at the Usher manor but it's hard to write off the possibility entirely. But soon Alex encounters nitemare-ish situations for themself and maybe the stories are real afterall.

I liked the concept at the center of the story but I didn't love all of the slow filler. I think Alex is a great character and Kingfisher does a wonderful job using a fictional land in parallel with a real country's war and building up the character's PTSD.

✨ Review ✨ What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher; Narrated by Avi Roque

Thanks to Tor Nightfire, MacMillan Audio and #netgalley for the gifted advanced copy/ies of this book!

This book follows after What Moves the Dead and returns us to Alex, former soldier, who's now recovering from the horrors faced in the first book. Alex, Angus, and her horse head of to their family hunting lodge in rural Gallacia, where they will soon be joined by the mushroom expert Miss Potter.

While the horrors were apparent in What Moves the Dead from early on, the horror elements appear much later here. It does have great dry humor and gothic vibes thorughout the book, but you definitely have to be patient to get to the spookiness. I enjoyed this book overall, but would have enjoyed a bit more from the horror. I saw one review describe this as endearing horror which really resonates -- we spent a lot of time in the book in Alex's head, learning more about their experiences in and after the wars they fought in. As always, Hob, Angus, and the crew provide plenty of good laughs along the way.

(also I spent most of the book trying to figure out if it was also a Poe adaptation like the first, but I don't think it was?)

🎧 This has the same narrator as the previous book in this series which provided nice continuity. Roque voices Alex well and her inner world that really shines through in this book! I split between audio and ebook here and both were good experiences.

⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 (3.5)
Genre: fantasy, horror (light), queer representation
Setting: rural NW Europe/UK maybe?
Length: 5 hours 2 minutes
Pub Date: Feb 13 2024

Read this if you like:
⭕️ T. Kingfisher's gothic world-building
⭕️ horror that's not too horrifying
⭕️ rural settings
⭕️ so much mud

This was so good. I will read anything this author writes. It was a perfect book two. I also loved book one. It’s just just a good series and worth reading.

This was a fun addition to Kingfisher's repertoire of eerie horror. I, for one, was delighted to revisit Alex, our sworn soldier with an excellent sense of humor, and a little more trauma after the events of What Moves the Dead. I liked the shift from fungal horror to paranormal horror, and as always, Kingfisher's characters are simultaneously very believable and very funny to behold. While I didn't personally find this installment in the Sworn Soldier series to be as spooky as the first, it was still a perfectly enjoyable read.

I actually liked this more than the first one in a lot of ways, even though it wasn’t a retelling. I think the characters and the horror were both better in this second book. That being said, I still find the pronoun discussions more interesting than anything else in the story and I’m not sure that’s the intent. The thing with the main character and the horse (avoiding spoilers) was genuinely disturbing and horrifying.

This was a fun follow up to 'What Moves the Dead' and it was great to be back with Alex, Angus and Miss Potter. I thought the exploration of PTSD was done well as Alex struggled with memories of the war and I also thought it was interesting to see them in their native land. I thought the plot was solid, albeit a little basic in parts and the pacing was generally good, although I do think that there was a lot of setup without a great deal of pay off. Overall, I enjoyed this one but primarily for being back with the characters and not for the story alone.
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review.