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A review by wordsofclover
Clockwork City by Paul Crilley
4.0
I received a free digital copy of this book from the publishers/author via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Clockwork City is the sequel to Poison City, and follows supernatural detective Gideon Tau aka London, and his spiritual guide Dog as they continue to unravel the mystery behind the disappearance of London’s daughter three years prior.
I really enjoyed my reading of this book, and I think I definitely enjoyed it more than the first book. I’m not sure if it’s that I just was able to adapt to the world quicker because I already knew it, though I definitely needed a few chapters to refresh my memory of the first, or that the story just worked better for me, but I few through this one.
This story was really action-packed and I honestly didn’t know where to turn because poor London just wasn’t getting a break in either direction. There were some times where I wondered if there was any hope left because there were times that it seemed like everyone was just dying but I loved how the conclusion all wrapped up. I love that this series is so dark but really humorous as well, but it also has a lot of heart to it - like the tender relationship between Armitage and London, and how even the dog shows how much he cares for London and Cally on occasion as well.
I liked the addition of characters like Winters and Mother London as well - and I think the embodiment of cities in that way like Mother London and Mother Durban is genius.
I feel like the ending was a bit fast for me, and I’m also not really decided on what I think actually happened (apart from The Raven King bit). I don’t know if there will be another book but I hope there is, as I’m done with London and the Delphic Division yet.
Clockwork City is the sequel to Poison City, and follows supernatural detective Gideon Tau aka London, and his spiritual guide Dog as they continue to unravel the mystery behind the disappearance of London’s daughter three years prior.
I really enjoyed my reading of this book, and I think I definitely enjoyed it more than the first book. I’m not sure if it’s that I just was able to adapt to the world quicker because I already knew it, though I definitely needed a few chapters to refresh my memory of the first, or that the story just worked better for me, but I few through this one.
This story was really action-packed and I honestly didn’t know where to turn because poor London just wasn’t getting a break in either direction. There were some times where I wondered if there was any hope left because there were times that it seemed like everyone was just dying but I loved how the conclusion all wrapped up. I love that this series is so dark but really humorous as well, but it also has a lot of heart to it - like the tender relationship between Armitage and London, and how even the dog shows how much he cares for London and Cally on occasion as well.
I liked the addition of characters like Winters and Mother London as well - and I think the embodiment of cities in that way like Mother London and Mother Durban is genius.
I feel like the ending was a bit fast for me, and I’m also not really decided on what I think actually happened (apart from The Raven King bit). I don’t know if there will be another book but I hope there is, as I’m done with London and the Delphic Division yet.