A review by eacolgan
The Midnight Mayor by Kate Griffin

3.0

Despite the great premise and skilful writing, this series isn't hooking me. The Peter Grant books are very similar in subject matter (urban fantasy mysteries in London) but they're more fun, and I have an easier time empathizing with / caring about Peter than Matthew. Don't get me wrong, I love the human/magic hybrid thing, but in two books I have yet to get a sense of who Matthew is when people aren't trying to kill him-- what he wants, likes, hates, etc. What drives him, in other words, absent a discrete crisis? I'm hoping given the end of this book that he's about to have a person in his life who isn't an ally or tool but could eventually be a friend. I'm going to read at least the next one in the series to see if this pans out; hopefully the human side of Matthew and his fire will show itself prominently enough to keep me going into book 4 and beyond.