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Moon Over Soho
by Ben Aaronovitch
"PC Purdy lumbered over. When you're wearing a stab vest, an equipment belt, extendable baton, nipple-shaped helmet, Airwave radio, cuffs, pepper spray, notebook and emergency Mars Bar, lumber is what you do." PC Peter Grant ~ 'Moon Over Soho' by Ben Aaronovitch.
'Rivers of London', the first book in the Peter Grant series, made me think of world akin to J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World... Only one where the main character joins the Metropolitan Police Service instead of attending Hogwarts. 'Moon Over Soho' continues to build on this awesome world of magic, murder and The Met.
While the story itself isn't as gripping as the first book, this sequel does continue to be brilliant fun and full of great characters. PC Grant is a funny lead character that is impossible not to love with his witty charm and occasional bouts of stupidity. Nightingale (the Dumbledore of the series) continues to intrigue. I can't wait for future books to build on his back story.
Aaronovitch's world building continues to astound me with his vivid imagination, his knowledge of London's history and his descriptions of Policing. I was convinced that he had once been a Police Constable himself to write about Policing the way he does, so he's clearly done a lot of research.
The Faceless Man (possibly the Voldemort of the series?) was a suitably creepy villain who I'm looking forward to reading more about throughout the rest of this series.
Overall, this book wasn't as good as the first in the series, but it was still a great, fun read and I'm excited to start book three sometime in the new year. If you haven't read this series yet, I recommend it. ⭐⭐⭐🌠/5
'Rivers of London', the first book in the Peter Grant series, made me think of world akin to J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World... Only one where the main character joins the Metropolitan Police Service instead of attending Hogwarts. 'Moon Over Soho' continues to build on this awesome world of magic, murder and The Met.
While the story itself isn't as gripping as the first book, this sequel does continue to be brilliant fun and full of great characters. PC Grant is a funny lead character that is impossible not to love with his witty charm and occasional bouts of stupidity. Nightingale (the Dumbledore of the series) continues to intrigue. I can't wait for future books to build on his back story.
Aaronovitch's world building continues to astound me with his vivid imagination, his knowledge of London's history and his descriptions of Policing. I was convinced that he had once been a Police Constable himself to write about Policing the way he does, so he's clearly done a lot of research.
The Faceless Man (possibly the Voldemort of the series?) was a suitably creepy villain who I'm looking forward to reading more about throughout the rest of this series.
Overall, this book wasn't as good as the first in the series, but it was still a great, fun read and I'm excited to start book three sometime in the new year. If you haven't read this series yet, I recommend it. ⭐⭐⭐🌠/5