hpstrangelove's review against another edition
5.0
Audiobook review. Narrator: Michael Ferraiuolo
I enjoyed this story as much as book one. The narrator is different, which didn't bother me. I like both narrators just fine.
I enjoyed this story as much as book one. The narrator is different, which didn't bother me. I like both narrators just fine.
wishingfish's review
mysterious
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.25
mgwuh's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
hopeful
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
snazel's review against another edition
5.0
EXACTLY the kind of gleeful adventure that I needed after these brutally good books I've been reading. Murderous writing desks! Blackmail! Scandalous schoolteachers! Magical grammatical problems distorting space and time! Awkward victorian sex clubs! Police bro-friendships! The look the coroner gives you when you bring him a body that sometimes shoots ice shards! This was so much FUN.
The series doesn't take itself too seriously, but at the same time it absolutely commits itself to the logical end of all its ideas, from magical grammar gone wrong (Do NOT bring a poet to a magic fight) to the social implications of magic (magicians are gentlemen, unlike those dirty tradesmen romance writers). It has the same sort of tone as Leverage.
And oh my word the QUOTES.
The series doesn't take itself too seriously, but at the same time it absolutely commits itself to the logical end of all its ideas, from magical grammar gone wrong (Do NOT bring a poet to a magic fight) to the social implications of magic (magicians are gentlemen, unlike those dirty tradesmen romance writers). It has the same sort of tone as Leverage.
And oh my word the QUOTES.
kiiouex's review against another edition
4.0
yess I did indeed like this more than the first one, now that the relationship is most firmly Established.
So this is another magical-murder-mystery, again with the very neat magic system from the first one, and a lot of gentlemen running around and going to clubs and eating mutton and trying not to get murdered. Overall well-written, I like the two leads, and the story overall is great though the mystery peters out somewhat towards the end. The leads don't have much of an arc in this one and I feel like the relationship doesn't get much focus compared to the murders, but on the whole it's a pretty comfortable novel. I would happily rec it to anyone who likes magic-mystery books
So this is another magical-murder-mystery, again with the very neat magic system from the first one, and a lot of gentlemen running around and going to clubs and eating mutton and trying not to get murdered. Overall well-written, I like the two leads, and the story overall is great though the mystery peters out somewhat towards the end. The leads don't have much of an arc in this one and I feel like the relationship doesn't get much focus compared to the murders, but on the whole it's a pretty comfortable novel. I would happily rec it to anyone who likes magic-mystery books
a___broad's review against another edition
Stopped @ 47% It just couldn't hold my interest, I found myself looking for reason to stop reading. I may pick this back up at later date.
thebroadsheets's review
Stopped @ 47% It just couldn't hold my interest, I found myself looking for reason to stop reading. I may pick this back up at later date.
claudia_is_reading's review against another edition
5.0
I simply loved this one. The story itself was thrilling, with nail-biting moments (that desperate run through the fog!) and so filled with mostly despicable victims that you need to remind yourself that, no, eating human parts it's not the adequated way of dealing with things.
The relationship between Julian and Ned is... complicated. There are so many unsaid things, and so much in their past that it's affecting their present. And the times don't help, either. But, somehow, they make it work and manage to trust each other not only with their bodies (that was the easy part) but with their heart too.
But what I truly enjoyed here is how some secondary characters are taking a more definite shape. Miss Frost is sharp as a whip, resourceful, strong-willed and firmly set in her own goals, and I love her... and her friend, Miss Barton? Well, as she's going to work with Hatton as police matron I think we'll see more of her.
And talking of Hatton... I like him, too. He is down-to-earth, sensible and intelligent, his work his motivating force. A truly decent man, in the real sense of the word.
Even Oppenshaw is likeable: stern but curious, severe but compassionate. Yeah, I like him.
So, yes, this certainly made to my favourites list =D
The relationship between Julian and Ned is... complicated. There are so many unsaid things, and so much in their past that it's affecting their present. And the times don't help, either. But, somehow, they make it work and manage to trust each other not only with their bodies (that was the easy part) but with their heart too.
But what I truly enjoyed here is how some secondary characters are taking a more definite shape. Miss Frost is sharp as a whip, resourceful, strong-willed and firmly set in her own goals, and I love her... and her friend, Miss Barton? Well, as she's going to work with Hatton as police matron I think we'll see more of her.
And talking of Hatton... I like him, too. He is down-to-earth, sensible and intelligent, his work his motivating force. A truly decent man, in the real sense of the word.
Even Oppenshaw is likeable: stern but curious, severe but compassionate. Yeah, I like him.
So, yes, this certainly made to my favourites list =D
eol's review
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25