Moon over Soho - Ben Aaronovitch

61%
12.05.13

I got this out of the library at the same time as Rivers of London, on the off-chance that I'd like the first one enough to read the second one without having to hunt around for it (or, gasp, pay for it). Well, I did enjoy the first one, and this sequel was fun and inventive too - but slackly structured, not very exciting and frankly rather confusing. I might wait to read the rest.

(My excuse for the unprofessionally borrowed-from-Amazon cover is that my usual Google Books source failed to offer a hi-res version. If you look really carefully, you might be able to see "Convent Garden" in the picture and wonder, like me, whether this is a deliberate mistake or a real one they're passing off as deliberate...)

Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch

67%
06.05.13

Gory supernatural detective thrillers aren't my usual read of choice, but I kept coming across this and it intrigued me. And indeed it is a rollicking good story, gritty yet funny, and set in a strangely plausible London of mysterious, compelling characters that aren't quite human. But the plot does get a bit tangled in on itself and the ending seems to have been confusingly rewritten to anticipate a sequel.