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A review by oashackelford
Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
4.0
PC Peter Grant is still learning the basics of magic when he starts following cases of Jazz musicians who are dying of "natural causes". To him it looks like magic is involved. Meanwhile, other men are dying having their genitalia bitten off, and mysterious reports of a faceless man are popping up around town. In addition to this, Nightingale has found evidence of a magician who practices black magic around London. Grant has his plate full as he continues to navigate the complicated world of being both a magician, and a cop.
I thought this was a really good follow up to Rivers of London . I thought that this book furthered Peter's magic career at a realistic pace (somewhat set by the first book), while still having fun and interesting mysteries to solve. I did think that it was refreshing that he is a magic user who can't automatically use all of magic just because his power manifested.
The mysteries in this book are always well written, but usually there are two mysteries that don't always have anything to do with each other, and sometimes that makes it hard to follow which thread Peter is working on at any given time. I think that the idea is that as a cop you are never just working on one case, but sometimes I do wish that the mysteries were a little more closely connected.
I like this series and I am looking forward to reading the next one!
I thought this was a really good follow up to Rivers of London . I thought that this book furthered Peter's magic career at a realistic pace (somewhat set by the first book), while still having fun and interesting mysteries to solve. I did think that it was refreshing that he is a magic user who can't automatically use all of magic just because his power manifested.
The mysteries in this book are always well written, but usually there are two mysteries that don't always have anything to do with each other, and sometimes that makes it hard to follow which thread Peter is working on at any given time. I think that the idea is that as a cop you are never just working on one case, but sometimes I do wish that the mysteries were a little more closely connected.
I like this series and I am looking forward to reading the next one!