It is only after young girls have started going missing that D.I. Pete Caldecott and Crow Mage Jack Winter meet again after years apart. Pete, now a grown woman, still has nightmares of the night in the graveyard when she watched Jack die. Jack, meanwhile, has spent the intervening years drugging himself into oblivion, hoping to block out the voices and darkness his powers have opened him up to. In a departure from her Nocturne City series featuring werewolf detective Luna Wilder, has crafted a brilliant debut to her new ongoing series Black London.
Despite the novel's shadowy villains, at many times D.I. Pete Caldecott and Crow Mage Jack Winter are their own worst enemies. A crackling chemistry exists between the two leads that makes it hard to believe this is a work of fiction. Kittredge displays a keen ear for not only dialogue but dialect: both protagonists sound and feel authentically British, yet neither speak identically. The author clearly did her research when it came to writing the slang and speech patterns of the U.K.
Street Magic is a great, creepy read that takes readers through the black and hidden parts of London. It reminded me of reading 's Neverwhere for the first time. The author has claimed on her website that she feels this is her best work to date. She's right, and that's saying something.
See Also:
Night Life by Caitlin Kittredge
Black and White by Jackie Kessler and Caitlin Kittredge
An Interview with Jackie Kessler
| Categories: Reviews, Staff Pick, SciFi & Fantasy |
|
See:
| |
Her name is Pete Caldecott. She was just sixteen when she met Jack Winter, a gorgeous, larger-than-life mage who thrilled her with his witchcraft. Then a spirit Jack summoned killed him ...
| |
The first book in a thrilling, addictive new series by a talented new voice in dark fantasy. Welcome to Nocturne City, where werewolves, black magicians, and witches prowl the streets at ...
| |
In the shadows of Nocturne City, witches lurk and demons prowl, and homicide detective Luna Wilder must keep the peace—while living life as a werewolf. Now bodies are turning up all over ...
| |
When werewolves from Nocturne City's oldest packs start showing up shot through the head execution-style, police officer Luna Wilder must find out what's killing them and why...before she...
| |
It's the ultimate battle of good versus good. They were best friends at an elite academy for superheroes in training, but now Callie Bradford, code name Iridium, and Joannie Greene, co...
Loading...
