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Midnight Mayor (2010)

by Kate Griffin(Favorite Author)

4.16 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0316072346 (ISBN13: 9780316072342)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Orbit

series

Matthew Swift

review 1: The second Matthew Swift book was a bit slow to get going, probably because I read it right after the latest Dresden Files book (Skin Game). Many similarities, but very different style. The both series are urban fantasies, written in 1st person narrative, and the main character is a magician guy: wizard (Dresden) or sorcerer (Swift). Both are also very city-specific: Dresden in Chicago, and Swift in London. Those are the similarities, but the language and the main character personalities are very different. As much as I love Harry Dresden, I'm starting to think I might prefer Swift after all... He's a weird mix of a resurrected (mediocre?) sorcerer and the blue electric angels (immortal omnipotent kid-like creatures born from the emotions of people's phone calls), and he's... more more than a little insane. He's also not a very heroic person - a good guy yes, but in an anti-hero sort of way. Also, Kate Griffin's language is both witty and poetic (there's a lot of humor in the books, but not the same banter or pop culture reference way as in the Dresden books - it's darker), and the scale of the happenings is smaller than the Dresden books (which get bigger, faster and more dangerous all the time). The Midnight Mayor wasn't as good as the first one, A Madness of Angels, but that might be because I was absolutely thrilled about the whole concept of magic in the first book. The second one added some new elements but the basic thing was already known. Still, a super good book, and I'm going to continue reading the series.
review 2: Wow, just wow! I loved everything about this book. Matthew Swift has to be one of the best characters ever invented and I still say he must be Harry Dresden's long lost cousin or even his twin brother separated at birth. The descriptions of London are magnificent and actually make me homesick which is amazing since England has not been my home for many years now. The pace of the story is relentless and it is very hard to put the book down at any point. There is one scene in which Matthew and the blue electric angels use the power from the rail in the Underground to save themselves which is just brilliant. I had to read it twice. This is the second book in the Matthew Swift series and it is every little bit as good as the first. If you like urban fantasy then you will love this book! less

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