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Friday, April 6, 2012

Review: The Minority Council

Title The Minority Council (Urban Magic 4)
By Kate Griffin
Genre Adult Urban Fantasy
Pages 414
Recommended by Me

First sentence I had been in Deptford, hunting vandals.

Synopsis
Being only half human, a sorcerer AND the Midnight Mayor takes a serious toll on Matthew Swift. The new drug on the street, fairy dust, is wreaking havoc in London and when Matthew's associates, the Alderman, start working behind his back, what's the Midnight Mayor to do?

What it has going for it
No other series of books has ever done what this series does to me. I'll be so excited for the next book, finally get my hands on it and start reading, and...devour it? Nope. I love these books soooooo much I force myself to put them down so I won't finish. Because if I finish it then I won't be in the pages of these wonderful books anymore. I won't be able to walk the streets of a magical London with the awesome, funny, kinda scary Matthew Swift. I won't be able to see the world through his telling, neon blue eyes, or catch a hilarious and often sweet conversation between him and his apprentice Penny, or desperately wish he could get a shower and some sleep before something else goes wrong. So, you see? I take as long as humanly possible to read these books so I can prolong the pleasure. Alas, it only works for so long before you have to finish the book and see if Matthew will survive another day to keep on fighting. Cause, let's face it, something inevitably will come up and he'll have to fight again.

As much as I absolutely adore these books I'm sadly realizing they're not for everyone but, oh, if I could let you enjoy them as much as I do, let you even glimpse what I do, I would! Kate Griffin, the author, says no book is perfect for anyone but it's just not true. These books are perfect to me.

What's lacking
Really? Did you honestly think I'd have anything bad to say?

Yea or Nay?
Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! And I really hope you can see why I love them so much!

14 comments:

  1. I've seen this Matthew Swift series before and I'm surprised I never marked it as to-read on my GR bookshelf. But, I have now. I LOVE urban fantasy, so I'm going to have to give this one the ol' college try.

    Great review!

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    1. Urban fantasy is my favorite genre. If you like it you HAVE to read this series!

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  2. Tempting, very tempting ... It's actually really hard to not read your review and not want to start it right now ... How many books in this series? Is it going to take over my life??

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    1. Thanks! That's such a nice compliment. There's only four books so far but with this series you'll wish there were more. ;)

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  3. I read the first book way back in July 2010, and I keep forgetting to catch up on the series! I really want to, especially since it seems like the later books are even better than the first one. Better write this down so I don't forget again, haha!

    - Anastasia @ Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog

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    1. Oh, you need to! The second one is my favorite.

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  4. Sounds fabulous. I love the books I never want to finish.

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    1. These are the only books I feel that way about.

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  5. So when can I borrow the first book???

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    1. I can do better than that! I can buy it for you. ;)

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  6. Oooh, I don't know of these, as of yet, but from your review they ook totally compelling. Thanks for sharing!

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    1. It's sooooo awesome! You should check them out.

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  7. I'm a bit worried that if I start reading this series I'm going to catch another case of massive writer envy!

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    1. Yeah, I've got a bit of that from these books myself.

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