matt reviewed Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone (The Craft Sequence, #1)
Review of 'Three parts dead' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
The development of the plot was great - I was really into the pseudo-financial intrigue - but it felt rushed since the book was shortish. A bit too much exposition, especially explaining the denouement at the end.
The setting grew on me, but I don't particularly enjoy the urban fantasy pastiche. The tropes there are tired already. There's so much new cool stuff between the gods, the blacksuits, the craft that the established fantasy elements drag by comparison.
Will definitely read more, fantasy could use more thrillers in the vein of legal thrillers. I may have even preferred less of a wizardy ending.