Lydia Crow is a member of one of the four magical families that rule London, except she has no real power, so has grown up outside of the family. She’s managed to get a pretty good life going up in Aberdeen as an investigator, but a small snafu on the job makes it necessary to

Nancy has arrived at a very particular boarding school – it’s for children that have fallen through doors into other realms, and for whatever reason, have had to come back. Their families often don’t understand them, so Eleanor West, herself a child that went through a door, has created a safe space for them. Their

This is a really interesting world – the terre indigene existed long before humans, and control all the lands. They have compounds called Courtyards within each human city where they can interact with humans, but they are fully in charge of those interactions. Meg is a blood prophet, which means she’s been kept in isolation

This book was advertised as a couple of sell swords go into a haunted labyrinth with a lord, and adventure ensues. Which is technically true, but that’s really the very tip of the iceberg with this story. It’s a way more wide ranging adventure than I initially expected. I can’t say it’s treading any new

The cliffhanger for the last book was Farrendel’s kidnapping. Essie’s managed to escape, so knows that his sister Melantha betrayed him to the Trolls. Fortunately, due to Essie and Farrendel’s marriage, both of their brothers, the respective kings of the human and elf kingdoms, are now willing to work together to save Farrendel. This book