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Queen of the Night (This is Shyness #2)
by
Leanne Hall (Goodreads Author)
The dark is dangerous. So is the past. So are your dreams.
For six months Nia—Wildgirl—has tried to forget Wolfboy, the mysterious boy she spent one night with in Shyness—the boy who said he'd call but didn't.
Then Wolfboy calls. The things he tells her pull her back to the suburb of Shyness, where the sun doesn't rise and dreams and reality are difficult to separate. There...more
For six months Nia—Wildgirl—has tried to forget Wolfboy, the mysterious boy she spent one night with in Shyness—the boy who said he'd call but didn't.
Then Wolfboy calls. The things he tells her pull her back to the suburb of Shyness, where the sun doesn't rise and dreams and reality are difficult to separate. There...more
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
February 27th 2012
by Text Publishing
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I really liked Leanne Hall's debut novel
This is Shyness
. The world that Hall created was phenomenal - a perpetually night-bound suburb called Shyness where the sun has stopped rising; the relationship that blossoms wildly over the course of 24 hours between two strangers from opposite sides of the border. Where anything is possible under the cover of darkness; a dream-state that feels caught between sleeping and waking.
The only thing that wasn't my cup of tea was the somewhat comic-bookish, Sc...more
The only thing that wasn't my cup of tea was the somewhat comic-bookish, Sc...more
Everything on the street is still. No wind, no sound. It's as if the earth itself has stopped breathing.*Long, wistful sigh*
If entering the world of This Is Shyness was like wandering into a darkened hall of mirrors, returning to it in Queen of the Night is like sliding from wakefulness back into a welcome dream. Hall continues to gently twist the seam between fantasy and reality, creating an alternate version of Melbourne that is shaded with the fanciful and strange, the curious and bizarre....more
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I just finished Queen of the Night, it's brilliant. I felt like I've spent the whole day in a dream and have just woken up only to find I want to go back to sleep and pick up where the dream left off.
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Queen of the Night by Leanne Hall is the follow up to her debut novel, This is Shyness. I read and reviewed This is Shyness in January and while I enjoyed the book, I felt like there was something I was missing. Part of my problem was I spent too much time questioning everything, I wante...more
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Queen of the Night by Leanne Hall is the follow up to her debut novel, This is Shyness. I read and reviewed This is Shyness in January and while I enjoyed the book, I felt like there was something I was missing. Part of my problem was I spent too much time questioning everything, I wante...more
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If This is Shyness was a portal into an unbelievable dream-world, Queen of the Night is the tender few moments suspended between that dream and reality. When I first read This is Shyness a few months back, I was exhilarated beyond belief at the remarkably original tale Hall had managed to create, yet, I never felt as if anything was missing. With Queen of the Night, however, Leanne Hall enables us to see just how much more there is to the unique world she imagined. While we are thrown, o...more
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Real quick:
This is Shyness required the reader to participate in a lot of leaps. With the out-there elements of the setting, the figurative distance between the protagonists' lives, and the general quirks of the premise there was a lot of ground that had to be covered in the first book. I was more than willing to make the jumps and ended up really liking the book a lot.
By The Queen of the Night, I was ALL IN. And rewarded big time. Spending more time with Nia and Wolfboy just felt so RIGHT. The...more
This is Shyness required the reader to participate in a lot of leaps. With the out-there elements of the setting, the figurative distance between the protagonists' lives, and the general quirks of the premise there was a lot of ground that had to be covered in the first book. I was more than willing to make the jumps and ended up really liking the book a lot.
By The Queen of the Night, I was ALL IN. And rewarded big time. Spending more time with Nia and Wolfboy just felt so RIGHT. The...more
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The endless night that once brought Wildgirl and Wolfboy together is now the one thing holding them apart. The suburb of Shyness is changing, no longer filled with its dark creatures and strange happenings; it is now a place for the lost and the dreamers. But it is not just Shyness that has changed. Wildgirl has lost her spirit, her fearlessness that once brought her to Shyness and to Wolfboy. But Wolfboy too is changing, losing his howl and his identity along with it.
After six months Nia has gi...more
After six months Nia has gi...more
First off, big thanks to Crystal for sharing this one with me.
Now, onto this hot mess.
So, while I was attempting to read this one, I had several spare moments where I could have chose to sit down and finish the story, but instead of reading I chose to do other things like laundry, dishes and watch re-runs. Yeah, not a very good sign for this book folks. When I enjoy a book, nothing, come hell-or-high-water is going to stop me from sitting down and finishing it. I will stay up late, take a longer...more
Now, onto this hot mess.
So, while I was attempting to read this one, I had several spare moments where I could have chose to sit down and finish the story, but instead of reading I chose to do other things like laundry, dishes and watch re-runs. Yeah, not a very good sign for this book folks. When I enjoy a book, nothing, come hell-or-high-water is going to stop me from sitting down and finishing it. I will stay up late, take a longer...more
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Hall’s first book (the Text Prize winner), This is Shyness, was one of my favourite reads in 2010. I thought it was brilliant and quirky and a stay-up-all-night read of the best sorts. Queen of the Night takes us back to this same world. The style, the hipness, the gorgeous dream-state is still there. Shyness is a fascinating world to get lost in, and Nia and Jethro (Wildgirl and Wolfie), are great characters to take us there.
I have found with Hall’s books that they are less about the plot and m...more
I have found with Hall’s books that they are less about the plot and m...more
Six months is not enough time to forget someone. Not when you spent one memorable, hell-raising night with them in an impossible town of darkness chasing tarsiers and playing on a pink ukulele. But that’s just what Nia has been trying to do, ever since she left Wolfboy sleeping in his bed as she slipped out of Shyness…
Six months later and Wolfboy (aka ‘Jethro’) never called Nia (alias ‘Wildgirl’) after their hedonistic night. So Nia moved on. She went back to her dull Panwood life, and tried to...more
Six months later and Wolfboy (aka ‘Jethro’) never called Nia (alias ‘Wildgirl’) after their hedonistic night. So Nia moved on. She went back to her dull Panwood life, and tried to...more
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Excellent follow up to This is Shyness, which I also loved.
It's got all the things that made the first novel so good: strong characters, off-beat romance, original plot, evocative imagery, and a great mix of darkness, humour and snappy dialogue...
Queen of the Night builds on those strengths to further flesh out the world of Shyness and show us new sides of Wildgirl and Wolfboy.
I like that Wildgirl and Wolfboy's relationship is complicated - and that it moves into new territory. There's also a de...more
It's got all the things that made the first novel so good: strong characters, off-beat romance, original plot, evocative imagery, and a great mix of darkness, humour and snappy dialogue...
Queen of the Night builds on those strengths to further flesh out the world of Shyness and show us new sides of Wildgirl and Wolfboy.
I like that Wildgirl and Wolfboy's relationship is complicated - and that it moves into new territory. There's also a de...more
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No one is writing anything quite like Leanne Hall in Australia at the moment. These books print themselves on you like graphic novels, as Hall takes you from frame to frame, moment to cinematic moment. She manages to conjure satisfying comic book archetypes, but imbue them with deeply convincing characterisation. The story rollocks along at a cracking pace and I was utterly absorbed.
I thought the ending was immensely satisfying, offering closure, though Shyness is a complex world, filled with na...more
I thought the ending was immensely satisfying, offering closure, though Shyness is a complex world, filled with na...more
A brilliant as expected. Can't wait for the launch!
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When I was devouring This is Shyness a few weeks back (ok, maybe months), this song was being played on the radio quite a lot. I don't think there has ever been a better book/song coupling. Unfortunately, when I was reading Queen of the Night, I was either on a train or staying at my mum's and her taste in radio station differs slightly from mine. Ranty DJs with suspect opinions wasn't quite the soundtrack I had in mind when I started this one. But it mattered not a jot. Well, maybe a tiny littl...more
Queen of the night is set six months after This is Shyness. Nia has tried to forget what happened that magical night because Wolfboy never called. She is about to start her last year of high school and she has a job in a vintage fashion shop that she really loves. Then her mobile rings and it is Wolfboy, he needs her help and Wildgirl returns to Shyness.
I can't believe what a good read this was. My only problem is that each book seems to raise more questions then answers them. An excellent, quir...more
I can't believe what a good read this was. My only problem is that each book seems to raise more questions then answers them. An excellent, quir...more
Almost immediately after finishing the first book and leaving Shyness, I found myself thinking, "We have to go back!" This Is Shyness (and okay, Wolfboy) pulled me into its trance with its strange, enchanting lullaby and I awoke from the dreamy, all night adventure with a contented smile. When you have a night that special, that magical, it's safer to keep it encased in your memory. There, it's protected and lives forever. But would you rather have one perfect night with Wolfboy or risk shatteri...more
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Leanne Hall is a stunning writer. The vivid imagery and emotion that she lays into her prose is just well, it's damn tasty. I am a huge fan of her debut This is Shyness, and if we've spoken about it you'll be aware of my desire that it should be made into a TV show. This generation needs a Spellbinder. Just sayin.
So it was with huge expectations that I read Queen of the Night and to be perfectly honest I felt it lacked something that I so connected with in Shyness. Namely a sense of urgency. Th...more
So it was with huge expectations that I read Queen of the Night and to be perfectly honest I felt it lacked something that I so connected with in Shyness. Namely a sense of urgency. Th...more
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I have no idea what Australia has in its water that the rest of the world doesn't, but whatever it is, keep doing it! Flip. There is just so much good fiction, particularly YA, emerging from this part of the world!
Gorgeous, trippy sequel to This Is Shyness. Wolfboy and Wildgirl aka Jethro and Nia team up for some more adventures and strange encounters. Less depressing and more hopeful than it's predecessor. Lovely.
Gorgeous, trippy sequel to This Is Shyness. Wolfboy and Wildgirl aka Jethro and Nia team up for some more adventures and strange encounters. Less depressing and more hopeful than it's predecessor. Lovely.
I actually didn't think this was quite as good as the first novel, but it was still great to see the characters again and get absorbed in the adventure. I suppose my main criticism is simply that it wasn't as rounded (as a stand-alone narrative) as the first. I felt like the author took advantage of the obvious fact that she will write a third sequel, with this story. But this is still one of my favourite novels.
Although there have been many books since This is Shyness memory of the events of that night with Wolfboy and Wildgirl quickly returned. It is now six months later and Wolfboy. ... TBC
This is Shyness was one of my top books of 2011, number 11 actually, and I've been desperate to read this, the sequel, for ages!
It didn't disappoint, quite the opposite! I loved returning to Shyness, the crazy place where things that are strange are natural and where darkness is all anyone lives under, I loved reading about how Wildgirl and Wolfboy had changed and I loved the meeting between the two once they do meet again. They are absolutely, definitely one of my favourite book couples- they'r...more
It didn't disappoint, quite the opposite! I loved returning to Shyness, the crazy place where things that are strange are natural and where darkness is all anyone lives under, I loved reading about how Wildgirl and Wolfboy had changed and I loved the meeting between the two once they do meet again. They are absolutely, definitely one of my favourite book couples- they'r...more
I've got to stay tight lipped about this because my review is waiting to be printed in the next issue of Viewpoint, however I will say that it's incredible. In fact, I liked it even more than This is Shyness, which I liked an awful lot.
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4.5 STARS
Seriously. If you haven't read this book you should go. NOW!
Actually you should first start here This is Shyness .
So, so good....
Review to come.
A beautifully written fairy-tale, it dragged me into a dream world only to remind me of reality before it became too surreal. The story flowed effortlessly and the dash of romance added charm to the adventure
Great, fun read. Enjoyed the setting of Shyness and reading more about it – I love its mysterious, dark quirkiness. Interesting story, engaging characters. I would’ve adored reading these books as a young teenager.
CPL doesn't have. Ebook about $16 here: http://www.ebookmall.com/ebook/queen-...
Much tighter and the story flows better than "This is Shyness". Beautiful cover.
Better than the first. Wonder if there will be a third.
I really liked This is Shyness, but this was amazing.
Even better than This is Shyness awesome
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Leanne Hall lives in Melbourne and works as a children’s specialist at an independent bookstore. She is the 2009 winner of the Text Childrens and Young Adult Writing Prize, with This Is Shyness, her first novel. She has far too many future books living in her head to ever consider a sensible, full-time job.
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