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False Value by Ben Aaronovitch
I really enjoyed it.
+ I loved Peter being undercover rather than him taking a temporary job while under suspension.
+ I love how much Peter has progressed both magically and as a police officer while still maintaining who he is at his core. Him defusing the demon trap himself was great. I liked how impressed Silver was with his undercover work (and how displeased Nightingale was about that.) I love how even though they sigh about it his superiors still go with Peter's plans.
+ Peter's final warning to Mrs. Chin as she left was interesting to me. Him claiming London as 'my city' and then "You tell your friends and allies and whatever else that they don't come to my city without asking permission first" made me go hmmm because it felt very genii loci. It made me think of William Tyburn asking him in the previous book if he'd even thought of being a god. Now I want a story where Peter becomes the genii loci of London itself.
+ There were some nice Peter/Nightingale moments. I loved the short bit between them outside the warehouse - Nightingale's urgent 'Peter' and then his sigh at Peter's Peterness, Nightingale putting up a shield as they ran (and Peter's mental 'show-off').
+ I liked Beverly's explanation about how being a goddess works and the whole scene was great. I also liked the picnic/holding court scene.
+ I like how Guleed has kind of moved into being Peter's partner. Her leaping in during the interrogation because she knew Peter was about to get distracted and him knowing that amused me.
+ I loved Nightingale and Mrs. Chin's mutual glee during their fight.
+ I liked getting to see a little more of the wider magical world. The Librarians were neat. Liked both Stephen and Mrs. Chin. I wouldn't mind seeing more of them. I definitely want to the books to continue to branch out and show us more of the world.
+ The Mary Engine and what it ended up creating - a portal into darkness - is super intriguing as is the intelligence "huge and cool and unsympathetic" that looked at Peter.
+ I liked Tyrel and his family and how Beverly pulled them into her and Peter's life out of worry for them. I'm pleased where the book left them all after Peter's sort of betrayal. I was surprised that we didn't get the Folly hiring Tyrel because I kind of thought that's where things were going.
+ Loved Seawoll unexpectedly complimenting Peter.
+ I continue to like Peter and Reynold's friendship and 'unofficial' allying. Them asking NSA questions during their talks amused me.
+ The appearance of the former Beverly river is a very interesting hook for me. Was that a one time visitation?
+ I liked the new updates to the Folly and our short glimpses of it. I liked how they've used Foxglove to create perfect Falcon suspect cells.
+ Foxglove cornering workers to pose for her was great.
+ Skinner was obviously in the ‘know’ to know Peter was with the Folly so I found it interesting that he knew about ‘the Nightingale’ but hadn’t heard of his apprentice ‘the Starling’ and put that together with Peter. Sure, Peter isn’t as well known but he is known enough to have his own moniker.
+ I loved Peter being undercover rather than him taking a temporary job while under suspension.
+ I love how much Peter has progressed both magically and as a police officer while still maintaining who he is at his core. Him defusing the demon trap himself was great. I liked how impressed Silver was with his undercover work (and how displeased Nightingale was about that.) I love how even though they sigh about it his superiors still go with Peter's plans.
+ Peter's final warning to Mrs. Chin as she left was interesting to me. Him claiming London as 'my city' and then "You tell your friends and allies and whatever else that they don't come to my city without asking permission first" made me go hmmm because it felt very genii loci. It made me think of William Tyburn asking him in the previous book if he'd even thought of being a god. Now I want a story where Peter becomes the genii loci of London itself.
+ There were some nice Peter/Nightingale moments. I loved the short bit between them outside the warehouse - Nightingale's urgent 'Peter' and then his sigh at Peter's Peterness, Nightingale putting up a shield as they ran (and Peter's mental 'show-off').
+ I liked Beverly's explanation about how being a goddess works and the whole scene was great. I also liked the picnic/holding court scene.
+ I like how Guleed has kind of moved into being Peter's partner. Her leaping in during the interrogation because she knew Peter was about to get distracted and him knowing that amused me.
+ I loved Nightingale and Mrs. Chin's mutual glee during their fight.
+ I liked getting to see a little more of the wider magical world. The Librarians were neat. Liked both Stephen and Mrs. Chin. I wouldn't mind seeing more of them. I definitely want to the books to continue to branch out and show us more of the world.
+ The Mary Engine and what it ended up creating - a portal into darkness - is super intriguing as is the intelligence "huge and cool and unsympathetic" that looked at Peter.
+ I liked Tyrel and his family and how Beverly pulled them into her and Peter's life out of worry for them. I'm pleased where the book left them all after Peter's sort of betrayal. I was surprised that we didn't get the Folly hiring Tyrel because I kind of thought that's where things were going.
+ Loved Seawoll unexpectedly complimenting Peter.
+ I continue to like Peter and Reynold's friendship and 'unofficial' allying. Them asking NSA questions during their talks amused me.
+ The appearance of the former Beverly river is a very interesting hook for me. Was that a one time visitation?
+ I liked the new updates to the Folly and our short glimpses of it. I liked how they've used Foxglove to create perfect Falcon suspect cells.
+ Foxglove cornering workers to pose for her was great.
+ Skinner was obviously in the ‘know’ to know Peter was with the Folly so I found it interesting that he knew about ‘the Nightingale’ but hadn’t heard of his apprentice ‘the Starling’ and put that together with Peter. Sure, Peter isn’t as well known but he is known enough to have his own moniker.