The Hanging Tree

Executive Summary: I thought this was a much better entry that the last one. We finally get some progress on the main story plot, although once again not as much as I was hoping.

Audiobook: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith is fantastic as always. When the previous books weren't quite as good as the earlier ones, his narration helped keep me engaged. In a better book like this one he elevates it that much more.

Full Review
I've never been in a rush to catch up on this series, and that was especially true after the last entry. I tend to leave it for when I need something light and have a small gap of time between books. This series has a unique world building compared to many other detective urban fantasy series, and that's one of the main reasons I've kept coming back.

However the reason I tend to prefer epic fantasy over other forms is I like big stories. This series has an overarching series that I want to learn more about, but the last few entries seemed to meander and offer almost nothing of the big picture. Thankfully that wasn't the case in this one.

Things still didn't move along as much as I'd have liked, but far more than the last two. Some interesting new elements to the larger picture were added in as well with the introduction to some history of the female practitioners.

Overall this was a fun and light read that scratched the itch I was looking for. It's also renewed my interest in the series a bit more and I probably will pick up the next book in the next few months rather than sometime next year.