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After being less than impressed with The Rook (fun to a point, but not particularly noteworthy in my opinion) I hadn't really seriously intended to read this sequel. Maybe pick it up in a few years time, in a spare moment, if I had the time and inclination etc etc

Well, I actually read it last week, sort of by accident. It was sitting there at the library, in pride of placed, and I grabbed it on a whim. I'm so glad I did.

Stiletto is serious fun. The characters are well-rounded, the humour balances out, and the level of grotesque is fantastically high - in a good way, this time. Odette and Felicity make for fantastic leads, and Myfanwy's reappearance in a less starring role is welcome. The enemy is more believable this time around, and therefore hugely more frightening. Daniel O'Malley is clearly finding his strengths as an author, and far from my unenthusiastic responce to the first book, I will happily look forward to the next in the series!