I really wanted to like this book. The concept, setting, and world as a whole are very interesting. The steampunk aspect mixed with Lovecraftian horror and the necrovirus is intriguing. But where this book lost me was in the pacing and the characters. The main character, Aoife, is pretty good...
I just couldn't connect with the characters. I kept wanting to feel engaged and wanting to like it but it never happened. The style of writing didn't work for me. Reading this book is like watching a movie where all the colours are washed out and grey. the feel of the locations were very well don...
Could. not. finish. this book.Why why why do the characters behave as they do? Why does whiny condescending Cal follow the heroine into deep do-do when he believes she's crazy? Why does he treat her like s$%t? Why does Aoife with the super irritating name decide she must obey the slap happy Tr...
Good! if you've never been to London and you ignore the main character and you'll be Golden.
I read Street Magic,the first book in the Black London series, over a year ago. I bought this book right away but my reading wanders and I dont always get right back to a series,even when I like it. I liked Street Magic and this one worked for me too.Jack and Pete are back and are now in business...
Hmm, my second foray into this series, and its another solid three but no more. This time the story was told in Jacks voice, from his POV, which i liked. It was good to read how he felt about Pete (Petunia) and made this one a bit more of a romance. But the dithering on about how he wouldnt tell ...
I decided to read this without knowing what the cover of the book was like, and I'm glad I didn't know. Really? Why isn't she wearing clothes? Especially since clothes are really important to the character. There is only one small part of the book where she's dresses as a hooker and that's what t...
I have been a fan of this series since the start. I really LOVED the last book; I liked the growth and maturity in the character Luna. She went from being self-involved and obnoxious to being a very likeable character. I hate doing bad reviews; I have friends who are authors and my daughter is an...
4.5 Into the in between, through the black, deals with demons, deals with the Hecate, framed for murder, necromancers about, fights the Morrigan, her love is not right, and yet she goes on. Pete does them all, with a pair of brass ones ! Dang if this girl doesn't get everything that can go bad...
I figured not giving a fuck was a prerequisite for employment in a place like this, but Leo insisted. “My father has a lot of people willing to do a lot of things,” he said, shrugging back into his suit jacket. “Right now, his one and only priority is finding me and feedi...
Jack waited and watched, not wanting to be the one who set the demon off. “You know, I put in my time,” Belial snarled. “I was small change for a thousand years, collecting souls and doing deals and keeping my legions in order. I kissed the boot of plenty of Named jockeying for position with the ...
Not really. Imagine your entire body being stretched, loose and wobbly, and then snapping back and falling an infinite distance. You feel all this at once, and see everything there is to see, and then you hit the ground as if you were made of lead.Using my Weird always took a heavy toll. There wa...
I’d slept in my clothes, and at an angle that made every part of my body complain at top volume as I rolled off the bed. My head throbbed in time with Ronnie’s tirade of curse words. “Swear to Christ, Mom, I’m going to come in that shit heap you call a trailer one day and chop your head off. Then...
The Killigan house sat at the end of a road at the top of the village, tucked among the hills. A wide yard full of trimmed rosebushes put the scent of rotting flowers and manure into the air. The house was shut up tight, windows blindfolded with thick blackout curtains, and a shiny new top-end de...