A Star Shall Fall, by Marie Brennan

[image error]A Star Shall Fall [B&N | Mysterious Galaxy | Amazon] is the third book of Marie Brennan's Onyx Court historical fantasy series.  (I've also reviewed books one and two.)

The series takes place in a very richly-described, well-researched London, where the Onyx Court of the faeries coexists beneath the city, magically intertwined with the geography and fate of mortal London.

I've said in my prior reviews that the first two books have a more leisurely pace in the beginning … but not book three.  A...