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A review by claire_loves_books
The Midnight Mayor by Kate Griffin
4.0
Brilliant and bizarre book. Matthew is not quite sane and it's really fun to read the half delirious but very gritty London that he lives in, the writing is weirdly poetic about the grimy underside of a city because Matthew sees beauty there. It's also a slightly easier read than the last one, Matthew still has multiple personalities (the Angels and Matthew Swift) but they seem less separate and there were less disconcerting switches between.
I love the way that magic works in these books, sorcerers are swept away by the city- by exhaust fumes, pigeons and the grumbling machines that keep a city going and their power comes direct from that source, using the underground and oyster cards as wards, life is magic and cities are full of life and power. It's such a modern way of imaging magic and I really enjoyed it.
The plot was fast paced and fun- there was always something happening but we didn't know what for most the book, it took quite a while for the characters to figure out what was going on. It was a bit confusing in places but I didn't mind, I was still caught up in the story.
I love the way that magic works in these books, sorcerers are swept away by the city- by exhaust fumes, pigeons and the grumbling machines that keep a city going and their power comes direct from that source, using the underground and oyster cards as wards, life is magic and cities are full of life and power. It's such a modern way of imaging magic and I really enjoyed it.
The plot was fast paced and fun- there was always something happening but we didn't know what for most the book, it took quite a while for the characters to figure out what was going on. It was a bit confusing in places but I didn't mind, I was still caught up in the story.