Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aaronovitch

Amongst Our Weapons

4/5. You know what these are by now, right. Still enjoyable, though if I didn't know he continues to write these, I'd be worried he's wrapping up the series. Though maybe that's more the literary conditioning I've received that says a character is no longer interesting once they have children (I guess that's a spoiler? Not really though) rather than this book's notable lack of a big arc plot. It is a notable lack of a big arc plot, though the personal developments are lovely and the projected future promises interesting changes. This series has hit the point where a recurring background character gets to take a brief star turn and we meet his dad, and on the one hand, does it make any more than paper thin sense why he gets involved the way he does? Nope. Did I enjoy meeting his dad? Youbetcha. These are things you get to do in book nine.

Sidebar: so he's been writing the American spinoff for like five years now? I have concerns.