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Blitz: 3 (Rook Files)

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Add to that a barely-there appearance from Myfanwy, a barely-there appearance from Odette and only a mention of Felicity, nothing at all from the Croatoan and nothing of import from the Grafters, and no progress to the cliff-hanger in Stiletto about Gestalt having some new bodies, and it really starts to disappoint.

Elizabeth Bowen’s 1948 novel is one of the most gritty, uneasy, and compelling accounts I’ve read of the civilian experience of war. After having really enjoyed Daniel O'Malley's first two books in the Checquy Files series, I'm sad to say that Blitz fell flat for me. Unable to provide an alibi and determined to prove her innocence, she flees, leaving behind her family to venture into the London underworld to find answers.

Only with Daniel O'Malley do I enjoy the tangential side bits (let's do a few pages of men suddenly becoming pregnant) and infodumps as much as the main storylines. So many parts of this made me laugh, purely because of the way O'Malley can use language, contrasting the mundane with the extraordinary. One night, Pamela flies off and downs a German bomber, violating one of the Checquy's oldest rules: don't get involved in non-supernatural events. Readers new to O'Malley's world, unsure why they should care, may get tired of the unfocused narrative, myriad anecdotes, and backstories.

Some reacted with fortitude, uniting in neighbourhood solidarity and extending charity to strangers. Speaking of Bridget’s story: there were a lot of things that didn’t sit right with me in this take on WW2 era England.Instead, it was incredibly boring, obscenely long (cut 80% and the story doesn't really change), and populated with a host of lackluster characters. In The Secret History of the Blitz Levine pulls no punches as he documents the behaviour of ordinary people faced with extreme experiences. Decades later, a librarian named Lyn has her life as a wife and mother upended after a freak fire in her kitchen proves to be a manifestation of her long-dormant electrical powers. I was so excited to get an early copy of the third book in one of my favorite series, and I am ecstatic to say that it gave me the exact delight I was looking for. I rate this book 10/10, I love it alot as it is historical fiction and it is set in the blitz- if your Grandparents were around in the war ask them what the war was like- you may end up with a story just like this one!

In this historical fantasy, a new recruit to the most powerful supernatural intelligence agency on Earth is accused of going rogue—and must go on the run to clear her name.O'Malley always delivers on that front especially, with people feeling three dimensional and realistic. During a long career at Newsweek, he served as the magazine's bureau chief in Hong Kong, Moscow, Rome, Bonn, Warsaw, and Berlin. I was a bit thrown by the start but it didn’t take all that long to get into the stories I enjoy about the Chequy.

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