{"id":20810,"date":"2022-09-25T17:29:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T21:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=20810"},"modified":"2024-01-22T19:06:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T00:06:13","slug":"rivers-of-london-vol-8-the-fey-and-the-furious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/20810","title":{"rendered":"Rivers Of London Vol. 8: The Fey and the Furious"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rivers Of London<\/a> Vol. 8: The Fey and the Furious<\/a><\/em> (2020) Ben Aaronovitch<\/a>, Andrew Cartmel, Lee Sullivan <\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>I read the first issue likely when it came out. I wasn’t especially interested, but now I’m relistening to the series, I decided to try and get caught up.
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\"\"First off, we get Guleed.<\/p>\n

Not enough Guleed, but she is here, badass as always.<\/p>\n

Sadly, I have no idea if she went to the dinner.
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\"TheSecondly, the Fey are back.<\/p>\n

They are… running drag races for humans? Through faerie?<\/p>\n

I’m not sure that part still makes a lot of sense to me, however, they are also smuggling goods into Europe, which is where Peter really comes in.
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\"The<\/p>\n

There was also a side thread about a mechanic who races on the side. <\/p>\n

I found that somewhat aggravating because we never really find out what happened to the daughter, and I never really understood why the smuggling operation was going on, which just made me more confused.<\/p>\n

I did, however, appreciate the ending and how Peter managed not to get killed buy the Faerie Queen.<\/p>\n

Publisher: Titan Comics<\/p>\n

Rating: 6\/10<\/strong>
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Rivers Of London Vol. 8: The Fey and the Furious (2020) Ben Aaronovitch, Andrew Cartmel, Lee Sullivan I read the first issue likely when it came out. I wasn’t especially interested, but now I’m relistening to the series, I decided to try and get caught up. First off, we get Guleed. 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