This book was meh. It wasn't bad per se, just dull - the plot never seemed to go anywhere.

I appreciate the idea of rehabbing Lovecraft's mythology, but I'm less sure if you can be contra-Lovecraft without being contra-Lovecraftian. I don't think the cosmic horrors or mysterious cults work once they're well explained, and it begins to feel like a pastiche. Similarly, although likeable, Aphra feels like a character out of place.