A drop of night

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Stefan Bachmann: A drop of night (2016, HarperCollins Publishers, Greenwillow Books)

439 pages

English language

Published 2016 by HarperCollins Publishers, Greenwillow Books.

ISBN:
978-0-06-228992-6
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Seventeen-year-old Anouk has finally caught the break she s been looking for she s been chosen to participate in an exclusive program that includes an all-expense-paid trip to France and a chance to explore the hidden underground Palais des Papillons, or Palace of Butterflies. Along with four other gifted teenagers, Anouk will be one of the first people to set foot in the palace in more than two hundred years.

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Review of 'A drop of night' on 'Storygraph'

I enjoyed this book.

But it's probably not for everyone.

It took a long time to find out what was going on. Which made sense for the story, but wasn't satisfying for me.

And although there's magic, I didn't feel the sense of wonder that I got from his previous books, [b:The Peculiar|13455553|The Peculiar (The Peculiar, #1)|Stefan Bachmann|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1342944438s/13455553.jpg|18983909] and [b:The Whatnot|15841790|The Whatnot (The Peculiar, #2)|Stefan Bachmann|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1360342441s/15841790.jpg|21583768].

Subjects

  • Interpersonal relations
  • Adventure and adventurers
  • Palaces
  • Fiction

Places

  • France