Charlie

This was a great quick read. I read this story twice now and it was even better on a reread. There were a lot of hints at what was to come hidden all along the way that I totally missed the first time around. The end surprised me and cracked my heart just a little bit but in a good way? Thank you?

This is a great introduction to the world Andrew Watson has created and I am very excited to get to Harbinger of Justice. I enjoyed getting to know these characters and I don’t know if anyone is going to carry over from this story into the next but I’m curious to find out! Looking forward to more from this author!

This was so fun right from the beginning. It felt very much like I was watching a fast-paced off-broadway show, especially the parts where almost the entire cast of characters was running from room to room as a group looking at this and that while the main character was making revelation after revelation.

The cast of characters was interesting and diverse and silly and weird. The world is intriguing and mysterious and you're given only little bites of everything it entails, but I love that sort of thing (especially when I know the book is part of a series and I can assume that I'll continue to learn more and more about it all). I want to know more but don't mind the slow burn. Every few pages you're given one new piece to the puzzle of the world and each one is more interesting than the last. There is a ton of interesting stuff going on here and I love all of it.

I didn't figure out the big mysteries but I generally am not the sort of person to try to do that as I read, I'm just along for the ride. I do believe that if a reader wanted to, they could have pieced it all together along with the main character - all the big clues are there on the page if you're looking hard enough.

I had some minor gripes with the ending but really my complaints were so minute and did not take away anything from my overall experience with this funny, creepy little story. Cannot wait to get into the next entry in the series.

Oh this was good. This was very good. The characters were so vibrant and complex yet thoroughly explored. The author tells you enough about the world and the magic to get you hooked, but leaves you with so many unanswered questions. Not in a frustrating way, but more in a way that keeps you wanting more.

The case is complicated to the point where I didn’t figure it all out but we’re given enough clues that by the end I was left feeling a little clever for picking up on some things, while also being shocked by the big reveals. This was the first murder mystery I’ve read but in my unqualified opinion it was very well done.

I will absolutely pick up the next book in the series as soon as it’s released.

This was alright - I definitely kept picking it up and wanting to read it and I finished it pretty quickly (I mean it’s under a hundred pages long so how could you not). Now that I’ve finished it though I feel a little underwhelmed.

It was interesting but felt a little simple. I feel like the resolutions were rushed and too easy. The inciting incident was exciting but then everyone holds hands and makes nice.

I also wanted more things explained. I don’t care at all about math so I truly did not want more math, but they kept saying that they were using math and equations to do things but that tells me nothing. I don’t care to understand the math itself but I’d like to understand how it was being used to accomplish anything.

Not entirely sure if I’ll continue the series. It’s short and an easy read so maybe I will but I don’t currently feel compelled to do so.