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As a knight of the Last Court, Lady Ysabet serves the Pendragon by fighting monsters that hunt from the shadows of New York City. She is also Bet, who works two jobs just to stay afloat. After growing disgusted with the state of the court, she chooses to leave that life behind and turn her back on her oath. It isn’t very long before the Last Court and her lover Vivienne call upon her to serve once again.

Many of the ideas behind In Sunlight and in Shadow were very intriguing, particularly the idea of a magical society existing just out of sight and members who live dual lives. The inclusion of Aviva’s background as a Hasidic Jew who loves women was also interesting. The main issue I found was that the book wasn’t quite long enough to really flesh out the world and its characters to their full potential. It was an enjoyable read, but the kind of world that the author was building would have really benefitted from a higher word count.

barely 3 stars....
An urban fantasy of 13,000 words about a questionable secret magical organization whose knights should fight against monsters that live in the shadows. Too short for a proper world building and character development but still interesting enough although quite vague for my taste.

I really liked this story, I just wish it had been a little bit longer so we could have a few more details on the world-building. For example some members of The Last Court seem to have magic and there is an actual dragon in the story, but also it seems like you don't necessarily HAVE to have a magical connection to be there, you just have to be invited by someone. It's an interesting concept, I just wish we had gotten more details on it. The characters were great though. I love lady-knights so I loved Bet and Vivi was great as well. I also liked the details about her being Jewish and how she was going to have to go talk to her rabbi about what kind of magic she was allowed to practice and when. I'd love to read some more things in this universe because I feel like there is a lot to expand on here.