A collection of Neil Gaiman’s short stories, interspersed with poems, read by Neil Gaiman himself. They vary from very short shorts to a novella length story about Shadow Moon from American Gods which wraps up the collection very well. I particularly liked the Sherlock Holmes Cthulu mash-up. A natural storyteller, Neil Gaiman is a very good reader, adept at accents without overdoing them.
When Lukan Gardova learns of his estranged father’s murder, he makes a silverblood promise, resolving to find the killer. A three-word clue written in his father’s own blood takes him to a foreign country where he discovers the woman who might be able to help him is incarcerated on false charges and due to be executed. That leads him deeper into mystery, mayhem and a dangerous underworld ruled by the Twice-Crowned King. He discovers a massive political plot which seems to be succeeding, but which, in all conscience, he can’t ignore. This feels like a book the author has thrown everything at to see if it sticks, and mostly it does. Lukan is a decent main character, driven by an incident in his past. There are some good supporting characters, notably Flea, the street urchin. Recommended.
Audiobook read by James Marsters (Spike from Buffy) Harry has precipitated a war between the vampires and the wizards for which some members of the White Council would like to see him executed. As if that wasn’t enough his godmother has traded his services to a fairy queen in a deal he can’t get out of.. All he has to do is to find out who murdered the Summer Knight in order to stop a fairy war between the Summer and the Winter courts which could bring about an ice-age. His girlfriend, Susan has run off following events in the previous book, and Harry is both missing her and feeling guilty about what happened to her. In this book he’s helped by Murphy, the Chicago PD officer eho investigates weir stuff, and Billy the werewolf and his pack. Expect Trolls, plant monsters, changelings. There are fairies who can’t tell lies, but they can deceive. James Marsters reads the Dresden books brilliantly.
Sorry to say I didn't engage with the two main characters and gave up after four chapters.![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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