Here is my review of Relight My Fire By C K Mc Donnell
Some comebacks can be murder . . .
Stella is enjoying life as an almost student, or at least she is until a man falls from the sky right in front of her, leaving a big old hole in the pavement for Manchester Council to fill. The obvious question of how he ended up in the sky in the first place has no obvious answers, which is where The Stranger Times come in. This isn’t just the hunt for another story though. Dark powers think Stella might have been involved and the only way she and the team can prove her innocence is to find out what the hell is really going on. What have dodgy gear, disturbed graves and a decommissioned rock star got to do with all this?
Vincent Banecroft has problems of his own in the form of a tall, dark but-definitely-not-handsome man dressed like a one-man funeral who has been sent to make the paper’s editor atone for his sins. Once he finds out exactly what those entails, Banecroft is not keen. Being banished to a Hellscape for all eternity looks like being no fun at all, not least because he has that pale Irish skin that burns really easily .
All that plus territorial ghouls, homicidal felines, eternal (and seemingly unstoppable) gnomes and a celebrity ‘Who’s Who’ that’d put a royal wedding to shame, and you’re looking at a wild few days for The Stranger Times .
Review ( click on titles for reviews of The Stranger Times, This Charming Man, Love will Tear Us Apart)
I loved this addition to hilarious The Stranger Times urban fantasy series- here is review of Relight My Fire by C. K McDonnell.
I admit I had a bit of FOMO when I didn’t get to read Relight My Fire before its release and had to wait till it came out officially. But it was worth the wait.
Even though this is the fourth book in the series, you can just jump into this book without having read the other books- you are quickly brought up to speed with overarching themes.
Banecroft, the editor at The Stranger Times ( a newspaper dedicated to exposing the strange and wonderful) is as grumpy as ever but now with a touch of guilt for his past actions and worried about going to hell. Stella, trying her hand at being a normal student, Ox and Reggie are still bickering with Hannah and Grace keeping them all together.
When a man falls to his death in front of Stella after seeming to fly, they are drawn along with their favourite policeman into finding out why.
The book races along with one vivid and imaginative concept to another, with so many laugh out moments- with dead famous people making a comeback, evil scientists, has been popstars and larger than life strip club manager.
Manchester still plays a starring role- it is so refreshing to see a book set in a Northern City instead of London. We also get to learn a little more about the Founders, Fae and Wiven as well meet a few new characters as well some old ones.
Perfect for Fans of
Urban Fantasies with a touch of humour.
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