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November 28, 2018

REVIEW: Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch

JanineB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsdiversity / London / Magic / POC / police procedural / Recommended Reads / Rivers of London / UF / Urban-Fantasy2 Comments

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Dear Mr. Aaronovitch, The last book in your urban fantasy Rivers of London series saw some big developments, including the unmasking of police constable Peter Grant’s nemesis, the wizard known as the Faceless Man. Lies Sleeping, book seven in the series, finds the hunt for the Faceless Man and his ... more >

March 29, 2018

What Janine is Reading (and Listening to) in Early Winter 2018

JanineA- Reviews / B Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews / DNF ReviewsReading lists11 Comments

The Furthest Station by Ben Aaronovitch This is the latest novella in the Rivers of London / Peter Grant series by Ben Aaronovitch, which I somehow missed when it first came out. The story begins with the sighting of ghosts on London’s trains. Nightingale and Peter enlist Peter’s teenage cousin ... more >

January 31, 2017

REVIEW: The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch

JanineB Reviews / Book Reviewsbiracial hero / London / Magic / POC / police procedural / Rivers of London / UF / Urban-Fantasy21 Comments

Dear Mr. Aaronovich, The sixth book in your Rivers of London series, The Hanging Tree, begins with a phone call. Peter Grant, police constable and wizard’s apprentice, is asleep in his river goddess girlfriend Beverley’s bed when his cell phone rings. On the other end is Beverley’s sister and fellow ... more >

June 2, 2015

REVIEW: Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Readsbiracial hero / Magic / POC / police procedural / Rivers of London / rural setting / Urban-Fantasy18 Comments

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Dear Mr. Aaronovitch, Foxglove Summer, the fifth book in your urban fantasy series, finds the hero of the series, police constable and wizard-in-training Peter Grant, driving out to the countryside to help investigate a missing persons case. Two eleven year old girls, Hannah Marstowe and Nicole Lacey, have disappeared from the ... more >

September 2, 2014

REVIEW: Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch

JanineBook Reviews / C ReviewsLondon / Magic / POC / police procedural / Rivers of London / Urban-Fantasy12 Comments

Dear Mr. Aaronovich, I enjoyed all your earlier books in the Peter Grant urban fantasy series, from Midnight Riot (aka Rivers of London) to Moon Over Soho to Whispers Under Ground, although I put off reading book four, Broken Homes, because I had mixed feelings about your comments in the ... more >

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December 12, 2012

Janine’s Best of 2012 List

JanineBook Reviews / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsAlpha & Omega / Best of 2012 / best of list / Burgundy Book Club / Contemporary romance / Fantasy / Graceling Realm / historical romance / Recommended Reads / Rivers of London / The Brothers Sinister / Urban-Fantasy / Wild Quartet series / Young-Adult23 Comments

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My top ten favorite books published in 2012, ranked (that part was haaaard) and described: Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore Review by me. This intricately plotted YA fantasy about a young queen’s heroic determination to uncover buried truths about her father and nation was an almost flawless read. Beloved characters from ... more >

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