Winter's Gifts

This is going to sound like I disliked the book. I promise I didn't hate it, but I didn't enjoy it as much as the Peter Grant novels, because it has Problems.

Things that make the Rivers of London books special:
* Peter, with his nerdy interests and pop culture references
* The interplay between Peter and Nightingale
* The Rivers (especially Bev and Abbigail)
* London, historic and present
* Kobna Holdbrook-Smith's wonderful audiobook narration

All of those elements are missing from this book, the protagonist is not a practitioner, and she's more a victim of events than actively managing them.

Maybe it's going to take a few of these to warm up to Kimberley and the FBI, but for the time being, I'm looking forward for more Peter Grant titles.

Another one where if 3.5 where possible I would give it. Here the setting is our world but with magic, as all the “River's of London” books are set. But this is not in London but rural Wisconsin USA. No real presence of the London crew and that is okay. This expands and enriches that part of the Rivers of London world and a specific character very well, if it is a bit short. I like all the characters and the story is well written in a straightforward language. I like the characters both the human and the not-human. I think the length is good for this type trip outside the main story line. Recommended for folks who are well into the story so far but not a place to start.