Reading Wednesday

[grundyscribbling]

1 whole book this week...

The Masquerades of Spring by Ben Aaronovitch is the latest in the Rivers of London series. It see Nightengale travel to Jazz Age Harlem on a personal mission. His best clue is a mysterious enchanted saxophone. The NYC demimonde mixes with the NYC non-magic underworld, which could leave Nightengale and his reluctant assistant Augustus "Gussie" Berrycloth-Young in worse than just hot water with the Folly...

I've never read a Rivers of London book that wasn't enjoyable, and this one is no exception. Also, I've just noticed Aaronovitch has now done one novella for each of the four seasons, three of them outside of England. I wonder what he's up to with that pattern...

(Also, for any other Rivers of London fans, new book coming in July: Stone and Sky!)

Comments

[sulien]

Thanks for the review of The Masquerades of Spring, I haven’t picked that one up yet and I’m in the process of doing a re-read of the entire series. Speaking of such things, thank you for calling this series to my attention in the first place. :)

[grundyscribbling]

You're welcome. (The book has been on top of my 'to read' pile since September, waiting for a moment when I got enough time to do it in one sitting!)