The sequel to A Madness of Angels, The Midnight Mayor sees the wards of London failing: the ravens at the Tower dead, the Wall defaced, the Stone broken, the Midnight Mayor killed by a thousand paper cuts. A terrifying, powerful being appears in the city and threatens to destroy it. Matthew Swift, s...
We sat on the bench in the middle of the capsule and watched our city expand beneath us, and felt like God. We had never seen anything so beautiful, and could not conceive of more magic in the world. Matthew Swift is a sorcerer, and something else besides, his consciousness haunted (for want of a b...
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity. Well, sort of. Take two dislikeable tropes, refrigerator females and the drug scourge, and put them in the hands of a fine stor...
Absolutely perfect for a two-airplane flight–I noticed nothing but the book, making it a five-star airplane read. But after all, that was an airplane, so I thought it deserved a more balanced impression, one not colored by the background noise of jet engines and willingness to suspend disbelief. You...
One of my problems with reading books in a completed series is the tendency to read through the books back-to-back. I did that with the Matthew Swift series by Kate Griffin, and I think my first read of The Neon Court suffered, strictly because of a surfeit of Matthew Swift, along with surprisingly ...
[Originally posted on tumblr on 28. July 2013] I finished ‘A Madness of Angels’ by Kate Griffith this week. Finally! Unfortunately I have been negleting my reading as of late so it took me a bit longer than this book actually deserved.If you saw my last post about this book you know I was a bit co...
A solid urban fantasy read. The second installment of the Matthew Swift series, The Midnight Mayor continues to follow recently reincarnated Matthew Swift and the co-inhabitants of his body, the electric angels. Once again, Matthew regains consciousness near a public phone, lying in the ground in...
Sometimes an author captures my imagination, and as long as they fail to become blazingly incompetent, I’m along for the ride. So it was with A Madness of Angels. Matthew Swift wakes up from death, lost, confused, unaware its been two years since he died, as for him it feels like moments ago. The ...
I never minded the big 4-0. In fact, now that I'm older, I'm taking a ridiculous kind of pleasure in generational differences, particularly the company of those that understand my frequent references to cultural touchpoints long past. No doubt, this is one of those things that you will get, or not, ...
...It's like growing as a mushroom, or growing as a bit of mould in a damp bathroom or something, only better."* The Glass God (Magicals Anonymous #2) by Kate Griffin Recommended for: Fans of whimsical, imaginative urban fantasy who won't mind the style. You definitely have to read Stray Souls f...
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