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Where We Go at Night
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Expected 27 Oct 26
To name a thing is to see it, and no one can see the folk if they don’t want to be seen.
As far as seventeen-year-old Trixie Godfrey is concerned, her hometown of Woods Crossing would be perfect —if not for the dark world of fae and magic lurking in the shadows. Growing up, her grandfather, Pops, never allowed her to get close to them—those aberrations, Mama used to say.
But on graduation night, when Trixie sneaks home past curfew she witnesses Pops’ brutal murder in a moment so sudden, so inhuman she can no longer avoid the fae. Those without the Sight will blame wild animals, calling Pops’ death an accident, a tragedy, but Trixie knows the truth because she has the Sight. She spent years burying her "gift", but she needs to revive it now.
Determined to get justice for Pops and rid Woods Crossing of its monsters, Trixie ventures into the intriguing but deceitful world of the fae—only to find herself caught in a power struggle between ancient families more terrible and crueler than hers could ever be. Or so she thinks….
• Fae courts and forbidden alliances: Trixie is pulled into a dangerous conflict between the rival Seelie and Unseelie courts, where the lines between friend and enemy blur, and every alliance comes with a hidden cost.
• Slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance: The tension between Trixie and faerie warrior Lariel builds chapter by chapter through mistrust, stolen glances, and reluctant acts of protection—the pull is undeniable long before either admits it.
• Chosen one with a cursed legacy: Trixie carries a rare Second Sight and discovers she is the latest in a bloodline supernaturally bound to the fae through a dark ancestral bargain, making her both powerful and a target.
• Mortal girl in an immortal world: Trixie, a Black teen from small-town South Carolina, is thrust into a glittering, treacherous faerie realm where time bends, glamours deceive, and her humanity is both her greatest vulnerability and greatest weapon.
As far as seventeen-year-old Trixie Godfrey is concerned, her hometown of Woods Crossing would be perfect —if not for the dark world of fae and magic lurking in the shadows. Growing up, her grandfather, Pops, never allowed her to get close to them—those aberrations, Mama used to say.
But on graduation night, when Trixie sneaks home past curfew she witnesses Pops’ brutal murder in a moment so sudden, so inhuman she can no longer avoid the fae. Those without the Sight will blame wild animals, calling Pops’ death an accident, a tragedy, but Trixie knows the truth because she has the Sight. She spent years burying her "gift", but she needs to revive it now.
Determined to get justice for Pops and rid Woods Crossing of its monsters, Trixie ventures into the intriguing but deceitful world of the fae—only to find herself caught in a power struggle between ancient families more terrible and crueler than hers could ever be. Or so she thinks….
• Fae courts and forbidden alliances: Trixie is pulled into a dangerous conflict between the rival Seelie and Unseelie courts, where the lines between friend and enemy blur, and every alliance comes with a hidden cost.
• Slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance: The tension between Trixie and faerie warrior Lariel builds chapter by chapter through mistrust, stolen glances, and reluctant acts of protection—the pull is undeniable long before either admits it.
• Chosen one with a cursed legacy: Trixie carries a rare Second Sight and discovers she is the latest in a bloodline supernaturally bound to the fae through a dark ancestral bargain, making her both powerful and a target.
• Mortal girl in an immortal world: Trixie, a Black teen from small-town South Carolina, is thrust into a glittering, treacherous faerie realm where time bends, glamours deceive, and her humanity is both her greatest vulnerability and greatest weapon.
- GenresYoung Adult
384 pages, Hardcover
Expected publication October 27, 2026
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Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
Where We Go at Night is an incredibly difficult book to review because you deserve to experience the ways the twists in the story unfurl without being spoiled. What I can say is that if you have loved stories of the fae that intersect with the human world, especially from authors like Holly Black, you will find something familiar and beautifully challenging in Where We Go at Night. This is an incredible example of how faerie stories can help us look at complicated identities and intersections in the breathing room created by liminal fantasy spaces.
Trixie Gerwin is the mixed race granddaughter raised primarily by her white grandfather in a house that used to be a plantation. She has absolutely no doubt she is loved by her 'Pops', a complex relationship with her parents, and her first best friend is a beautiful black fae woman who tells her to call her Aunt Hattie. By the time she's nearly grown, Trixie is sure she will never leave her home town, that she will find a normal girlfriend, and her human best friend Charlie will stay with her forever. Graduation night turns everything on its head when her Pops is murdered by fae and everything she knows and wants is challenged one thing at a time. What follows is complicated, beautiful, and bittersweet. I cannot remember the last time I read an ending to a book that was both so perfect and painful, and it is going to stick with me for a long time.
I do want to offer a content warnings: there are multiple strong slurs used throughout the book. They are used within context and race is definitely a part of the exploration of the story. There are also some pretty intense descriptions of of violence, including mentions of lynching. The romantic content is not explicit.
Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins Children's for the arc of this novel.
Trixie Gerwin is the mixed race granddaughter raised primarily by her white grandfather in a house that used to be a plantation. She has absolutely no doubt she is loved by her 'Pops', a complex relationship with her parents, and her first best friend is a beautiful black fae woman who tells her to call her Aunt Hattie. By the time she's nearly grown, Trixie is sure she will never leave her home town, that she will find a normal girlfriend, and her human best friend Charlie will stay with her forever. Graduation night turns everything on its head when her Pops is murdered by fae and everything she knows and wants is challenged one thing at a time. What follows is complicated, beautiful, and bittersweet. I cannot remember the last time I read an ending to a book that was both so perfect and painful, and it is going to stick with me for a long time.
I do want to offer a content warnings: there are multiple strong slurs used throughout the book. They are used within context and race is definitely a part of the exploration of the story. There are also some pretty intense descriptions of of violence, including mentions of lynching. The romantic content is not explicit.
Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins Children's for the arc of this novel.
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