I ambled on over to my mailbox this afternoon and got a fun surprise from andtheIToldYouSos. I have been meaning to read Midnight Riot for ages and ages, I think it’s been on my TBR for eleven years now, so I’m really excited to finally have a copy. Confessions of the Fox I’m super intrigued about as the subject matter is extremely up my alley, and even though Hag-Seed wasn’t on my radar, I’m always interested in a Shakespeare adaptation. There is also a cute […]
Urban Fantasy in London – Yay!
Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch
I think I saw this series mentioned a while back on Cannonball Read and added it to my wish list but didn’t download it until my last trip to London. I quite enjoy urban fantasy series but most of them tend to start with the hero already involved in the magical world, even if they have no idea how little they know. Of course, then there are the other stories about magic and the supernatural, where a person who had no previous knowledge of them, […]
Mindless fun
I think going into this book I was expecting something more like the Shades of Magic series, rather than the paranormal mystery novel that it was. I enjoyed it nevertheless and plan on reading the next book in the series when I can get my hands on it. Like any origin story, there’s a lot of set-up in this first book of the series. It was fun entering this version of London with a dark, fantastical side, but the actual plot was a bit light. […]
The scientific principles of magic and investigation
Peter Grant is a damn delight. I hadn’t gone very far in the book when I thought, “OMG, I like him!” I generally start books thinking I’m going to like the protagonist, but this was an extra special like. Peter Grant is just finishing his probationary period as a Constable in the London Metropolitan Police. He has dreams of fancy cars, suits, and telling perps “you’re nicked.” But instead he’s going to be making a “valuable contribution” doing paper work. Until he interviews a ghost […]