A review by alex_watkins
Creatures of Charm and Hunger, Volume 3 by Molly Tanzer

5.0

Plucky young witches fight Nazis through astral projection! Not only does this book have impressive fantasy world building - but also fully realized complex characters. We get to see much more of the world of diablerie - the act of summoning extra-dimensional creatures into oneself for the fantastic powers they grant. The characters are diabolists - and despite my short description they are "definitely not witches" a tongue in cheek refrain that is put to the test by one characters becoming as witchy as humanly possible. This book has one of the all time great literary cats - Smudge - who is somehow more cat-like when being possessed by a demon (perhaps all cats are possessed by demons at all times). There is some highly satisfying Nazi punching, some extremely tense action scenes, while still having a ton of emotional complexity.