The Night Country

To be honest, I haven't read the first book since 2018 so I went into this one with very little memory of what happened before and relied on this book to remind me. I really enjoy Albert's writing because it's whimsical without being over-the-top poetic or metaphorical like some writers can get when trying to write fairy tale type stories. I also enjoy that this is darker interpretation including some actual blood and guts. Like the first book, and maybe even more because it's been so long between books, I really didn't care about what happened to these characters. This one was definitely a little more “in the day of” rather than full of action so parts were a bit boring. There also were less characters as this centered on Alice and Sophia's friendship with the mystery plot going on in the background. Suddenly, in the middle of the book, we get every other chapter being from Finch's POV as he travels between worlds with a new character. Finch's story is a little more interesting because he has a better outlook and is actively travelling into different worlds, and isn't all woe is me like Alice can get.
I recommend these if you're into dark fantasy and faerie stories but definitely read them back to back. I think this book might have been more compelling if I didn't spend some of it a little confused.