Amongst Our Weapons is book nine in the Rivers of London series in which a murderous angel is on the loose and it's a fight against time to solve the mystery because Beverley is due to give birth any day.

This book was...fine. A totally okay read. But I don't know that it has the same magic to it that some of the earlier books in the series did. It felt a bit like a paint by numbers plot without much to make it stand out from any other urban fantasy novel. The fatphobia that is present throughout the series was particularly irritating in this one. And I find myself getting ever more tired of Lesley as a character. I feel like her story should have been wrapped up by now and the more it drags out, the more she annoys me.

But there were aspects of the book I enjoyed.

I enjoyed revisiting Caroline and learning more about the Sons of Wayland. I enjoyed spending more time with Seawoll, who I find an increasingly interesting side character. Danni as a newbie to the world of magic was a fun addition and we got more Goblin Market lore. And the twins are finally here!

I'm still enjoying the world so I'll continue reading the books, but I do hope that things get back on track before too long.

Nine books in and this is still one of my favorite series. I am late in reading this book because I hadn’t realized it came out a few years ago. And now I don’t have to wait very long until the next one.

I love the very short conversation Peter had with his mother when he was near the end of the case. His mom was right, of course. Without spoilers, that’s all I can say.

I thought that the birth scene was going to be rushed to make it fit in the last chapter. It wasn’t - it was very beautiful, and I felt there was enough room for that part of the story. I’d been waiting for that scene since the end of the last book!

I enjoyed this book more than the prior book in the series, perhaps because it was more linear.    It was nice to see Peter thinking about information sharing and allies.   Still love the foxes. 

It makes sense that the end game is at least in part for Nightingale to retire, but I'll really miss him.  I still want to know more about his time during the war.

  I also liked that we got some additional information about the other magic societies. I hope we see more of them.