Nocturnal Book Reviews

4.5/5
A very good story which inevitably made me draw comparisons to an excellent Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch.

Rory is a marvellous character. She is not silly and one-dimensional, her life doesn't revolve around a love interest, and praise Heavens, there is NO LOVE TRIANGLE in this story. Just for this Maureen Johnson deserves brownie points.

The contrast between Rory and her new pals British teens in a school in London is absolutely hilarious. She comes from warm and lazy Louisiana and at times loves to play a part of stereotypical American to scare other people off. She is also caring, attentive and has normal fleshed out friends. It's fun to watch how she picks up British habits, slang and cultural references and slowly acclimatizes.

The plot itself is very well done. This is a thriller, a murder mystery, which slowly unravels the face behind the recent gruesome murders, interspersed with the events years ago which were at the root at the problem.

London described by Maureen Johnson is charming, full of ghosts and very much alive, with the small team of super secret paranormal detectives roaming through its ghostly hot spots and dealing with all sorts of emergencies.

I highly recommend this book. It's entertaining, dark and intense enough to feel real.