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Originally Posted by jhowell
I am half way through Amongst Our Weapons. I joined the wait list when it was first announced and just got it from my library in Kindle format.
I am somewhat disappointed so far. I'm glad that I didn't pay for it. It is mostly a police procedural focusing on the mundane aspects of police work. There have only been two short scenes where interesting magic has been in play. I enjoyed the earlier books in the series much better. Maybe it gets better later.
Lately I have been reading the Laundry Files. I am only about half way through the series but I recommend it highly. It has a similar tone and magic system to the early Rivers books but is more dark and campy.
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I look into the Laundry files, thanks. Have you tried the Barker & Llewelyn series? Sort of Holmes-meets-Rivers without the supernatural? I've liked it thus far, except a) the eBook formatting the first 4-ish books is spotty/crappy, but improves after book 4; b) their line editor does NOT understand the difference between infer and imply and
it makes me insane.
But, other than that, I really like them. (I should disclose that I'm a
big fan of Holmes and traditional Holmesian pastiches
when they are well done, which is rare.)
Hitch