Urban Fantasy – Page 29 – Cannonball Read 17

Wonderful Look at Magic in Germany

The October Man by Ben Aaronovitch

March 8, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Please note that I received this via NetGalley. This did not affect my reviews or rating. This book will be released on March 31, 2019. So this was pretty cool. Instead of following Peter or Nightingale (why???) we follow another magic practitioner named Tobias Winter. Tobias is the equivalent to our Peter Grant in England, only Tobias operates in Germany. Tobias is working on a case that seems to involve wine, ghosts, and magic. Tobias’s family seemed very interesting and I wanted to know more […]

Peter’s Adventure Continues

Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch

February 17, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

So this was okay, I just thought that parts of the book didn’t land. Lesley has always seemed jealous and angry to me and I am honestly sick of the whole thing with her and The Faceless Man. Parts of the book dragged though to me. When Peter is captured (I swear this happened in another book) you just want the story to get moving because you are tired of him being shown as being a moron when it comes to Lesley. Maybe I am […]

A Nice Peek at Peter & Nightingale

The Furthest Station by Ben Aaronovitch

February 17, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Well this was a nice look into Peter and Nightingale that for once did not involve The Faceless Man or Lesley. There is still something hovering over this book though that makes me think they may be trying to turn or did turn another character to their side and that’s getting a bit old to me. We do have Bev appearing in this one, but not center stage. We actually have Peter investigating mostly and worrying about his cousin Abigail who keeps pushing to learn […]

London is drowning and I live by the river

Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London #7) by Peter Aaronovitch

January 24, 2019 by Zirza Leave a Comment

When pressed, I’ll tell people I don’t like fantasy. This claim is usually followed by a list of exceptions. I like Neil Gaiman. I like Harry Potter. I also like the Rivers of London-series by Ben Aaronovitch. The rest of the genre is, as they say, not my cup of tea. No offense to you fantasy lovers, but it just doesn’t do much for me. The suspension of disbelief required is, apparently, too big a leap. One of the reasons I do like these books, […]

Too early for Worst Line of 2019? “My boobs looked nice and moundy.”

Spectre by Phaedra Weldon

January 10, 2019 by Bothari43 5 Comments

I bought this book at a going-out-of-business sale at a used bookstore, which is sad thing #1, and then the book itself was sad thing #2. It is TERRIBLE. It’s one of those urban fantasy series that are all the rage, and it has a nonsensical plot, unlikeable and derivative characters, and the dreadful writing. I had to put it down in December so I could finish it in January, just so I could tell y’all about it. Zoe is a wraith: she can astrally […]

The End of the Initial Series though there are more

Faefever by Karen Marie Moning

December 31, 2018 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I don’t usually do multiple books in one review, but I’m a bit behind so I thought this would be easier than clogging up the main page. Hence, I’ll try to do at least the ones that are part of the same series in one review, starting with the “final” three books of the Fever series. These are not in fact the final three books since there are more than five books in the series (I think from other character views?), but based on the […]

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