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A Winter’s Tale from the Rivers of London

Winter's Gift by Ben Aaronovitch

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Winter’s Gift is the most recent novella in the ongoing River’s of London series by Ben Aaronovitch and the subject actually came as a surprise to me when I got the book. When you have a character in the series called Tobias Winter (a German police officer) then an assumption that this is one of his books seemed logical, instead this is set in the US and features FBI agent Kimberley Reynolds. Rewinding for a Rivers of London recap: magic is real, gods exist and […]

Rivers of London

Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch

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I’m so glad I finally took the plunge (into the river wink wink nudge nudge) and started this series! Peter Grant is a police officer at the beginning of his career in London, a career that seems destined more for the never-ending paperwork division than the exciting chasing down dastardly criminals type. One night he receives some crucial information about a very strange murder from a witness who happens to be a ghost. This brings Peter to the attention of Detective Chief Inspector Nightingale, the […]

When Fairy Tales go bad

Deadly Ever After by Ben Aaronovitch

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Deadly Ever After is the latest graphic novel from the increasingly extensive Rivers of London series. I read it as the 4 comics but it will also be available in graphic novel form (which is what I’ll buy my mum for her to read). Sequence wise this is the latest chronological story in canon so may not work for a new reader but as it mostly focuses on 2 side characters it could actually work ok as an introduction to a London in which magic […]

Pieces of Silver: A return to the Folly

Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aaronovitch

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Amongst Our Weapons is the 9th full length novel in the Rivers of London series and as per usual is definitely not the place to start if you haven’t read any of the books yet. (If you haven’t they are very good so head back to book 1 and pick it up!). And if you’re wondering why I’ve titled this review Pieces of Silver it’s because I won of the 100 celebratory coins minted for the publication of this book 🙂 We are once again […]

Amongst Our Weapons

Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aaronovitch

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I think it’s time for me to put a pin in this series. I haven’t enjoyed it for a while now and the book seems to be signaling some characters are going to be gone in a few. I just have zero interest to keep reading about Peter and Beverly and everything else going on in London that mere mortals don’t know about anymore. It’s not a bad book, just a very boring one. It goes on forever it feels like. And we still have […]

Cool premise, questionable tone

Midnight Riot / Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch

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The “Rivers of London” series has been on my TBR for a long time. It’s billed as X-Files meets Harry Potter in London, and you might as well call it RaRa Catnip and be done. A work assignment relating to Mysteries in May finally gave me the push to read it – well, to listen to the audio on Libby. Peter Grant is a Probationary Constable, waiting for his long-term assignment after training. He’s hoping to be a detective with the Met, but the odds […]



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