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Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch
3.0
This book... I don't know what to say, really. I'll start with the bad because it's simple and easier to talk about the good: some of the book bored me, and the style of writing lost me more times than I can count. To add to this, being an American means that certain descriptions were completely lost on me; I thought watching my fair share of BBC shows would fill in some gaps, but apparently, Doctor Who and Misfits isn't enough. I thought about DNRing the book about two chapters in...
... but Peter and this world he inhabits is FAR TOO INTERESTING. While a lot of the descriptions escaped me, what I did understand was this complex world with science and magic collide. About half-way through the book, things pick up and I refused to put it down. I wanted to solve the mystery and learn more about the magic and inhabitants of the world. I won't rush to read book two, but I will definitely pick it up at some point. My 3 is a solid three, leaning more positive than negative.
... but Peter and this world he inhabits is FAR TOO INTERESTING. While a lot of the descriptions escaped me, what I did understand was this complex world with science and magic collide. About half-way through the book, things pick up and I refused to put it down. I wanted to solve the mystery and learn more about the magic and inhabitants of the world. I won't rush to read book two, but I will definitely pick it up at some point. My 3 is a solid three, leaning more positive than negative.
Pangaea: Unsettled Land by Jarrod D. King
4.0
read this back in February after running across the author on Twitter. A book with black characters and the male leads are also gay? SIGN ME UP. It didn't take me long to read this, and I definitely enjoyed it thoroughly. Slade and Doug are definitely my faves, and even the Queen was a surprise like. Gisela was a biiit annoying (how could she NOT see that Slade was not into her????), but this did not deter me.
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
5.0
I didn't know this was based on a previous Lovecraft story. I knew it was inspired by him, that's it. I saw a review a few pages before the end saying it was a retelling and that you needed to read the previous version. Well, I thoroughly enjoyed the weirdness of this story, even without anything to compare it to. I've never read anything Lovecraft (and not sure I will, considering my skin color), but this was pretty good. It was creepy and dark and edgy and all around great. Didn't take long to finish either.