My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Content: Strong Language
My name is Peter Grant and until January I was
just probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all
right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service (and as the
Filth to everybody else). My only concerns in life were how to avoid a
transfer to the Case Progression Unit - we do paperwork so real coppers
don't have to - and finding a way to climb into the panties of the
outrageously perky WPC Leslie May. Then one night, in pursuance of a
murder inquiry, I tried to take a witness statement from someone who was
dead but disturbingly voluable, and that brought me to the attention of
Inspector Nightingale, the last wizard in England.
Now I'm a
Detective Constable and a trainee wizard, the first apprentice in fifty
years, and my world has become somewhat more complicated: nests of
vampires in Purley, negotiating a truce between the warring god and
goddess of the Thames, and digging up graves in Covent Garden ... and
there's something festering at the heart of the city I love, a malicious
vengeful spirit that takes ordinary Londoners and twists them into
grotesque mannequins to act out its drama of violence and despair.
The spirit of riot and rebellion has awakened in the city, and it's falling to me to bring order out of chaos - or die trying.
Overall I liked this ok. It reminded me of The Dresden Files a little, but it was missing something to make it really shine. I liked some of the characters, but the river Fae—elementals—or whatever they were—I can't remember what they were called now—were not a hit with me. I didn't care for the personality of the one that the main character is attracted to. I think it would have helped to be more familiar with London and it's surrounding areas to be able to picture where the characters were as they traveled around. I felt a little lost. In all, there were some developments that I liked and some I didn't, and I was left mildly interested in what happens next. However because it's a mild interest I've yet to feel like picking up the next book in the series.
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