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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A good mystery book 😊 3.5/5 Read for the #Buzzwordathon - Time of Day
So much fun! The Crows, Foxes, Silvers and Pearls! Reminds me a little of Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series. The Night Raven is such a short read but I’m hooked!
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Lydia Crow has reluctantly returned to London after 5 years in Scotland as a private investigator. Coming home, she wants to hold her own and not be caught up in the family business but Uncle Charlie is having none of that as he needs Lydia’s help to find Maddie. For the family business has been around for a couple of hundred years and is currently involved in a loose truce with three other families, the Foxes, Pearls and Silvers. Each family has their own unique skill set.
Lydia is offered a place to stay and soon finds that she has a 30 year old ghost for a roommate and a couple interesting romantic interludes.
As a foundation novel, it certainly has a great deal of promise. The alternate world is well established, the history between the families is solid and there are enough hints and nudges of future complex interactions.
The majority of the characters are well crafted, with Lydia taking the main stage. She knows her own mind and is not infallible. She has enough hang ups and previous history that you can see there is always going to be trouble on the horizon. Lydia’s main love interest Fleet is solid, dependable and I am not sure that the fireworks flew off the pages. The characters on the peripheral of Lydia are hit and miss in their development. While there are a number of characters managed only one or two have a significant part in this story arch. Which means they caused a bit of clutter in the story. It was nice to know who they are, that they might play a role in the future but they did not move the story forward at all. The ending of the story was anti-climatic, all this build and just petered out.
There is plenty of potential, requiring a bit of a polish but a good piece of escapism.
Lydia is offered a place to stay and soon finds that she has a 30 year old ghost for a roommate and a couple interesting romantic interludes.
As a foundation novel, it certainly has a great deal of promise. The alternate world is well established, the history between the families is solid and there are enough hints and nudges of future complex interactions.
The majority of the characters are well crafted, with Lydia taking the main stage. She knows her own mind and is not infallible. She has enough hang ups and previous history that you can see there is always going to be trouble on the horizon. Lydia’s main love interest Fleet is solid, dependable and I am not sure that the fireworks flew off the pages. The characters on the peripheral of Lydia are hit and miss in their development. While there are a number of characters managed only one or two have a significant part in this story arch. Which means they caused a bit of clutter in the story. It was nice to know who they are, that they might play a role in the future but they did not move the story forward at all. The ending of the story was anti-climatic, all this build and just petered out.
There is plenty of potential, requiring a bit of a polish but a good piece of escapism.
Lydia Crow- we don’t know if she’s precious or useless. But either way her family is important enough in the magical crime world that her movements and choices have impact. Having escaped the family business, Lydia’s on unpaid sabbatical and return home after years away. Her protective parents have kept her in the dark about most family details, and it’s proving to be a disadvantage when she’s immediately thrown into the middle of a family mess.
Ugh, I don’t know about this book. I was pretty excited based on the blurb and the cover, but my reaction while reading it was mostly ‘Meh.’ Lydia is occasionally promising and has a steady narrative voice. But many times it’s as if she’s a blank slate that reflects what people want from her. And after the twentieth time of her saying that she's 'only staying in town for a couple of weeks' and someone smugly/leeringly saying 'ya sure but not because you're Family' I wanted to scream. And I get that she doesn't want to ask question because answers can be dangerous, but then she acts completely betrayed and naive when something blindsides her.
The mystery is pretty pointless. It's mostly an excuse for her to interact with as many ~mysterious~ and ~dangerous~ characters as possible. Her romance is nice, But it happened pretty fast and out of nowhere.
Anyway, I'll probably give the next book a shot. But I'm not in any hurry for it to come out.
Ugh, I don’t know about this book. I was pretty excited based on the blurb and the cover, but my reaction while reading it was mostly ‘Meh.’ Lydia is occasionally promising and has a steady narrative voice. But many times it’s as if she’s a blank slate that reflects what people want from her. And after the twentieth time of her saying that she's 'only staying in town for a couple of weeks' and someone smugly/leeringly saying 'ya sure but not because you're Family' I wanted to scream. And I get that she doesn't want to ask question because answers can be dangerous, but then she acts completely betrayed and naive when something blindsides her.
The mystery is pretty pointless. It's mostly an excuse for her to interact with as many ~mysterious~ and ~dangerous~ characters as possible. Her romance is nice, But it happened pretty fast and out of nowhere.
Anyway, I'll probably give the next book a shot. But I'm not in any hurry for it to come out.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated