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After a slow and deliberately somewhat confusing start, this ends as another very entertaining entry to the Peter Grant series. This is a good, fun book, but for me it is still the weakest part of the series so far - which is saying a lot about the generally high quality of all the former novels.

A nice one. Darker, more action, higher stakes than the last book and back on more familiar ground. The metaplot really gets going here!

Another great "Rivers" story by Aaronovitch, although it obviously has no appearance of Peter Grant - his cousin Abigail refers to him a lot though. She has an altogether different "voice" as a narrator, and that makes her interesting, although the story itself has broadly the same structure as earlier works. Very well done shorter work, I'd love to read more of Abigail.

I liked this book so much. It may not be the objectively best of the series (it sure is great), but many parts of it are take place in more rural environments - I have visited places like that and it felt just right. But it has more Beverly and Peter and I like those two together. A lot.

This may be the best book in the series - so far. There are one or two things that I did not expect and consequently hit hard. Quite a few unresolved storylines, but I have faith in Aaronovitch.

I have to give this one 5 stars, just because I enjoyed reading it so much. Dunsany wrote this in a fun, light tone, in many ways similar to a fairy tale. Perhaps it takes some time getting used to Dunsany‘s unique style, but this charming little book is absolutely worth it.

Some timing problem, too long, but interesting character work and a fantastic, well-written finale.