A review by mkhaas29
The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye

4.0

This book surprised me; I can’t recall how it came to be on my to-read shelf, but I’m glad it did. I had a lot of fun listening to this audiobook and found myself gripped by the story, wanting to keep going. The book painted such a vivid picture of New York in the 1840s, with characters speaking the lingo (at times tough to decipher as a listener without a written reference, but it doesn’t take much to catch on) from all walks of life. Timothy’s heart of gold may have been too pure at times, but the twists and turns of events kept you wanting to know more. And the biggest reveal of all to identify the culprit definitely caught me by surprise. Valentine and Tim’s troubled fraternal relationship felt believable and his dogged crush on Mercy resolved in a way that felt true to the story.

Overall, I was so pleasantly surprised by this. Glad I read it and will continue the series, eager to see where it takes our newfound characters.