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Dim Sum Asylum
by Rhys Ford
Great urban fantasy in a San Francisco where Fae live among us and magic is real, and the Police force have an Arcane Crimes Division, located in Chinatown -- also known by its denizens as the Dim Sum Asylum.
This full-length novel fulfils all of the promise from the novella it was expanded from, keeping all the good stuff and adding so much more, and weaving the love story so much more seamlessly into the narrative. Amazing, vivid descriptions of this alternate magical city and the people and creatures that populate it, an interesting main character and a love interest who is a bit more layered than he first appears. All that interspersed with hard-boiled action and lots of danger, as well as some ghosts and demons from the past.
The only quibble I have is the frequent flashbacks and the story jumping between past and present a bit too distractingly, which tended to throw me a bit, but otherwise very well written.
I'm a bit baffled that this doesn't seem to be a series, because the premise and characters hold a lot of promise for a really great one, but since this is still fairly new, I still hold out hope that it could be expanded.
This full-length novel fulfils all of the promise from the novella it was expanded from, keeping all the good stuff and adding so much more, and weaving the love story so much more seamlessly into the narrative. Amazing, vivid descriptions of this alternate magical city and the people and creatures that populate it, an interesting main character and a love interest who is a bit more layered than he first appears. All that interspersed with hard-boiled action and lots of danger, as well as some ghosts and demons from the past.
The only quibble I have is the frequent flashbacks and the story jumping between past and present a bit too distractingly, which tended to throw me a bit, but otherwise very well written.
I'm a bit baffled that this doesn't seem to be a series, because the premise and characters hold a lot of promise for a really great one, but since this is still fairly new, I still hold out hope that it could be expanded.