I received an e-arc of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was not the story I expected from the summary, and to be honest it left me with mixed feelings. I really enjoyed the writing style, which has reinforced my desire to check out The Goblin Emperor, and there were aspects of the world that were fascinating. The strongest part of the book were where the author was exploring the supernatural/fantastical aspects of the world, and I would happily have read an entire book focused on that aspect, especially as I would have loved more exploration of the Nameless and other Angels. Unfortunately, this was counterbalanced by the negatives, the main one was that this was too close a retelling of Sherlock Holmes for my liking, and I found myself being jarred out of the story because of that. I understand from the author's note that this was originally Sherlock wingfic, and I feel that it would have done better if it had leant further into the second part rather than the former. The Ripper storyline was somewhat lost beneath the Sherlock Holmes retelling, and especially from the blurb I feel that should have been more of a focus. Still, it was an enjoyable read despite this.