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The Rook (The Checquy Files, #1)

Daniel O'Malley

Start date: October 12, 2012

Finish date: September 30, 2012

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Dec 29, 2018 Kelly rated it really liked it

Shelves: own-or-borrowed

This was another amazing MIL find. Supernatural SI-7 with plenty of humor and very interesting premise and characters. As an added bonus, the author lists books that influenced his writing, so I have a bunch more books to add to my list!

Definitely recommend if you enjoy police procedural meets thriller meets the supernatural with tongue firmly planted in cheek.

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Dec 08, 2013 Shanyn rated it really liked it

Shelves: favorite-characters, read-in-2014

I'm giving this 4 stars because I don't really know what else to do. It's been a long, long time since I finished a book and felt as divided and unkempt as I feel after finishing this one.

On one hand, I absolutely adored Myfanwy and the majority of the other characters (can we PLEASE get more interaction between Myfanwy and Alrich!) and I was thoroughly caught up in the mystery of it all and the writing, oh my lord, the writing. Gorgeous and funny and witty and every single thing I look for in a ...more

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Jan 13, 2019 Cora rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, kindle, urban-fantasy, mystery, paranormal, europe, london, england, 1st-in-series, amnesia

I thought this book was a lot of fun. It was different than other urban fantasy/paranormal books I have read. Bonus points to the author for not feeling the need to have a romantic relationship in this book (not that I am against romantic relationships, but it is a nice change of pace for a lead female character in this genre). I liked the main character and the concept of amnesia resulting in a whole new individual person inhabiting the body. The powers were interesting and included some new on ...more

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Jan 27, 2020 Karen rated it it was amazing

I really enjoyed this. Have been in a reading funk lately, always happens this time of the year. This is the first book I have finished in a while. Love the main character, Myfanwy, pronounced like Tiffany, but with an M.

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