Night Magic (Nightstruck, 2) - Hardcover

Black, Jenna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0765380064 ISBN 13: 9780765380067

Publisher: Tor Teen, 2017

Synopsis

Jenna Black returns to the quarantined city of Philadelphia, where an unsuspecting seventeen-year-old has unknowingly unleashed a dark power that transforms the city into a monstrous hellscape in Night Magic.

Philadelphia is locked in the grip of an evil magic that transforms its streets into a nightmare landscape the minute the sun sets each night. While most of the city hunkers down and hopes to survive the long winter nights, Becket Walker is roaming the darkened streets having the time of her life.

Once, the guilt of having inadvertently let the night magic into the city―and of having killed her onetime best friend―had threatened to destroy her. But now she’s been Nightstruck, and all her grief and guilt and terror have been swept away―along with her conscience. So what if she’s lost her friends, her family, and her home? And so what if her hot new boyfriend is super-controlling and downright malevolent?

Mesmerized by the power and freedom of not having to care about anyone but herself, Becket is sinking ever deeper into the night magic’s grasp. But those who love her refuse to give up on her―even if she’s given up on them. If they can’t find a way to help Becket break the night magic’s hold, the entire city might soon find itself shrouded in perpetual night. But the last thing Becket wants is to be “rescued” from her brand new life, and she will fight tooth and claw to stay exactly where she is.

About this title

About the Author

JENNA BLACK received her Bachelor of Arts in physical anthropology and French from Duke University. She is the author of the Faeriewalker series for teens as well as the Morgan Kingsley urban fantasy series.

From School Library Journal

Gr 8 Up—The quarantine continues in Philadelphia as Nightstruck citizens and magical horrors plague the streets, destroying, looting, and killing with abandon. Becket is now Nightstruck, having ended the previous book stuck outside at dawn. But she no longer cares about consequences, as Nightstruck lack any conscience or guilt. The heroine's former bitter enemy Aleric is her new best friend, and the two become lovers. As Becket dives deeper into the madness, she realizes that she is different, less affected, and bored with her new existence. After an old friend physically pulls her back into the sunlight, Becket seems to recover herself and is guilt-stricken over what she has done by letting more night magic into the city. She is desperate to keep herself free of the night and away from Aleric's evil influence. Becket longs to save those few people she still cares about. This sequel to the horror novel Nightstruck is listless, with an underdeveloped protagonist. With so little difference between Nightstruck Becket and regular Becket, it is nearly impossible to empathize with or root for her. There is not much to the plot, and the twists are predictable, making the scare factor low. VERDICT Purchase only where die-hard fans are expecting the follow-up to Nightstruck. Instead, choose Barry Lyga's I Hunt Killers or Rin Chupeco's The Girl from the Well.—Kristen Rademacher, Marist High School, IL

About this edition

• Publisher: Tor Teen
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0765380064
• ISBN 13: 9780765380067
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288