Oh, where do I start? Urban fantasy is often seen as sort of
synonymous with contemporary fantasy - but it doesn't have to be.
Three Parts Dead combines urban fantasy with some elements
of steampunk (it doesn't really have the costumes) with legal thriller with
mystery. Tara just got thrown out of magic school (literally) for trying to
expose an unethical professor. Now she's been hired as a probationary associate
by a law firm.
In a world where magic is used in all the ways we use
technology and then some. Arguing a court case can be quite dangerous!
Especially when you're investigating the death of a God.
Oh, yes, and it also involves gargoyles, necromancy and
politics.
Three Parts Dead reminds me a little bit of The Iron
Dragon's Daughter (although I prefer the latter). It's a fun read.
One interesting aside on this. I was told by a Tor editor
that they do not put black people on book covers because it "reduces
distribution in the South." But I'm holding a Tor novel with a black woman
on the cover. So, apparently that policy is (thankfully) shifting.
(Copy obtained at World Fantasy Con).
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