Moon Over Soho

384 pages

Published April 1, 2011 by Gollancz.

ISBN:
978-0-575-09760-5
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Review of 'Moon Over Soho' on 'Storygraph'

Really well done. The characters are great. The writing is cool, sharp and funny. The action is well handled and the scene in the strip club of Dr Moreau is downright creepy!

What's happened to Leslie is brutal. Unfortunately I suspect any fix will come at a major cost :/

This is the second book in the series and I thought it was just as good as the first of one so I already have number three lined up.

Review of 'Moon Over Soho' on 'Goodreads'


First law of gossip - there's no point knowing something if somebody else doesn't know you know it.

A nice short and witty continuation of officer Grant's adventures. There's more magic, London and jazz vampires so what more can you ask for?There's nothing about this book that particularly jumps at me as being "wow, that was awesome". Certainly not nearly as much as the first book in the series where everything was new and exciting. But it does follow similar recipe for being entertaining so I won't complain.I certainly want to see officer Grant becoming a proper wizarding copper. Hopefuly he will survive his encounters with the supernatural and magical creatures.








Review of 'Moon Over Soho' on 'Goodreads'

I really enjoyed the first one, and I don’t remember it being so impossible to read - perhaps it included actual character development, a plot that didn’t seem like a series of lucky accidents and humour which worked. Either way, probably a good thing as it seems to have fallen into the trap of spending too much time introducing us to the protagonist for future editions of this wannabe TV show.

Review of 'Moon Over Soho' on 'Goodreads'

Hmm. Less satisfying than the first book. Also, the objectification of women is definitely not abating - possibly amplifying, in fact. The other problems from Rivers of London also seem recurrent -- for example the two mostly separate plot lines.

Part of the problem might be that I simply don't care about music, so the long passages about jazz made my eyes glaze over. Also, I read it back-to-back with Rivers of London, which may have exacerbated my frustration about the repeated problematic portions. 2 1/2 stars and I'm going to take a break before continuing on.

Review of 'Moon Over Soho' on 'Goodreads'

Constable Peter Grant is back and this time he suspects sorcery in Soho. Jazz musicians in the area are dying; brains scans show they have been magically drained. When the girlfriend of one of the victim’s ends up in bed with Peter, complications are ensured. DCI Nightingale is still recovering so it is up to Peter Grant to handle this one alone.

One of the things I loved about the first book in this series, Rivers of London, was the fact that Peter Grant was a new police officer and new to wizardry. Moon over Soho is a natural progression from that; except that Peter Grant has improved in leaps and bounds. There are still mistakes being made but he is starting to come into his own element, it is like watching him grow as a character.

I’m not sure why the humour has been scaled back in this series …

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