A Sleight of Shadows, by Kat Howard

This is the unplanned and unexpected sequel to An Unkindness of Magicians, an urban fantasy which I quite enjoyed despite its flaws. I enjoyed this while I read it, but not as much; it felt like a slighter retread of the first book, with less emotion, less spectacular set-pieces, and a climax that only works because of a magical and legal loophole that was never mentioned before in either book until it suddenly appeared to solve the problem.

On the plus side, the story moves along briskly, there's a subplot I really liked featuring one of my favorite characters from the first book, Verenice Tenebrae (the other person who escaped the House of Shadows), and it's nice to spend more time with the world and the characters.

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