Features Shotgun Suzie.

Angels from both factions enter the Nightside looking for the Unholy Grail. John Taylor must find the grail before anyone else in order to prevent the apocalypse from happening too soon.

I have to say, I had a lot more fun with this one than book 1. There were some pretty cool ideas in here and I liked what was going on. Something funny about this guy is that his books are short. Like...mystery novel short. The entire book is 233 pages, and for an urban fantasy, that's really short. Still though, I feel like it wasn't really rushed and the story it told was the perfect length. Any more and it would have been dragged out. That's the kind of issue that The Dresden files has. To hit that sweet 300ish page count, he adds meandering around that doesn't affect the story at all. This author really just gets to the meat of it, and that's what makes this a good, easy read.
Taylor is far more endearing than Dresden and less annoying and I feel like I could definitely read more of this guy's stories. They have several paralells but I always feel like there's more at stake here with a richer mythology.
I like the idea that Taylor's hired to find the "Unholy Grail" aka, Judas' grail. It's a cool little twist on the holy grail search trope. The main and even the side characters keep being flushed out and work nicely. The only real issue i have with this series is that Green tends to get a little overzealous with the violence sometimes. There were some scenes that i felt were a tad over the top and unneeded. Other than that, there was a red herring weapon introduced into the book which kind of lead...well nowhere and then basically vanished. I was kind of disappointed that didn't play into the ending. Also i kind of expected the "twist" at the end, but it didn't bother me that i saw it coming. Still though, great read and I'm definitely picking up book three. 4/5.

While book 1 of the Nightside introduced us to this strange underbellyof a world, book 2 throws us straight into the mix.

John is mixed up in a case to find the missing Grail, the Unholy Grail that is, the last cup used by Judas at the last supper. He is hired by the Vatican to locate the Grail and along the way falls into bad company with Angels (again both Holy and Fallen) also on the lookout for the Grail.

Always a fun if not overly comfortable read, we see more of Suzie Shotgun and are introduced to the formidable weapon the Speaking Gun, and get a small glimpse of the truth about John's mother. I have no idea what I rated this novel initially, but going off my memory I'll say a 3.

Second book in the series. I thought I'd give its predecessor a go before being well and truly suck into the story. So much so that I finished two books in the space of three nights.

What can I say, I am a sucker for modern urban fantasies.

Though, yes, I liked it quite muchly. I did raid through two. But yes, only three stars. Yes, for both of them.

It's not the fault of the stories.

It's the fault of the depth they carry, which isn't a whole lot, and then the author is repetitive, the same sentences hover on the pages over and over and over.

Yes, I get it. You are John Taylor, you got a bit of a mommy issue. You got a bit of history. Yes, you've made it clear that Nightside is something spectacularly unpredictable and unfriendly. Yes, I know it's pretty much all supernatural there. Usually to the more and not so much to the lesser extend. Yes, I know that Suzie Shotgun is tough.

Stop reminding me of it every two paragraphs already!

It's like reading Terry Pratchett's parodies but of the urban fantasy genre, yet knowing full well that no, these aren't actually parodies.

It irritates me, but I want to read more. And that contradicts with the irritation which just leads to infuriation every time I read the sentence 'I am John Taylor' or 'Everything goes in the Nightside' or one of those others that repeat themselves often enough to irritate.

Don't get me wrong, I LIKE the stories. I LOVE the setting. I just severely dislike the repetitive narrative. Because John Taylor, he's supposed to be this tough guy who's got a reputation. He's supposed to be ruthless and smart and wicked and... well, I don't know, not a nag?

I already forgot a lot about this book, since I waited too long after reading it to write anything. The writing is pretty similar to the first book, mostly good but super cheesy at times. My eyes about rolled out of my head with the corniness of the author breaking out the phrase "my third eye, my private eye..." ... lol, get it, he has a private eye and he is a private eye? Sigh.

Anyways, it's light reading, and it was interesting enough for me to move on to the third, at which point I'll probably take a break from the series.

John Taylor can find anything, which he does for a living in the Nightside - a part of London which is between Heaven and Hell. He is hired by Jude, a priest, to find the Unholy Grail, something which he finds everyone else - including angels from Heaven and Hell want. Interesting concept, but wasn't quite to my taste.

I haven't laughed at horror, mayhem and the end of the human or not so human race as I have with this book. Love John Taylor also liked him in Duran Duran. HA.. Taylor finds things and it seems a bunch of pissed off angels want him to find this thing. Something very special and dark, the other grail.

I really like the Secret Histories and am really enjoying the Nightside story. The way Green blends legends and myths in with his stories is very interesting and enjoyable. I especially liked the story of the unholy grail.