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The Rook is the story of Myfanny Thomas, a Rook in the organization called the Checquy. We first meet Myfanny, in a park, recently beaten, and with no memory of who or what she is. From there, the journey begins. The rest of the book is the story of Myfanny discovering who she is, and most interestingly, and probably the most clever, becoming a different person that she was before. I don't want to say much more as the discovery is the heart of this novel, and the best part of this jourey. Sometimes sad, sometimes funny, but always interesting.

Overall, I didn't' have many complaints about this book. It is, really, a fairly standard urban fantasy book where the supernatural exist, and they are a subset of the world at large. Granted, in this book, we don't really get a notion of how the Checquy fits into the larger scheme of the world other than they are large mover and shakers, and impact the world at large.

My only complaint about this book is that the ending just feels to be attached quickly at the end. When we see Myfanny confront her antagonist who attacked her, that is quite fine. Maybe a bit less dramatic than I expected, but it works. There are plot threads still open, and I was fine with them being left that way and dealt with in another way, even a sequel, but that does not happen. (view spoiler)[We get a final denouement with the "boss" of the organization that is too neatly tied up with a nice neat bow. It did not ruin the book, but it felt like O'Malley just wanted to finish the book and not explore the larger story at hand. I will give him credit for not making the book larger than it is, but the ultimate relationship of the Checquy and the Grafters feels too quickly resolved. (hide spoiler)]