K.'s Reviews > The Ashes of London

Trigger warnings: rape, murder, gore, fire, eyeball trauma.

3.5 stars.

This book was gripping in the first couple of chapters. And then it got dull. And then it got exciting again. And then it got very dull. And then it picked up again towards the end. But for a decent chunk of the story, I kind of had to force myself to keep reading because I just wasn't that interested.

The premise is great - after the Great Fire of London, a body is found in St Paul's Cathedral with its hands tied behind its back, so clearly foul play was involved - but I was far more interested in Cat's story than I was in James' story.

There were certainly some unexpected plot twists towards the end, but that didn't make up for the incredibly dry sections of the story that I just didn't give a shit about.