It took me a long time to get through this book. Pete and Jack have an admittedly strange relationship and after this many books I thought I was accustomed to it. I like dark bad boys and Jack is officially as twisted as they come, however, the relationship at this stage is just becoming abusive to me and I don't enjoy that. I also just don't get the ending here. There's a lot of build up for things and then suddenly the big bad guy is revealed and defeated in about 5-10 pages. And one second death is the only option for the crow mage, then suddenly he's alive. I'm feeling robbed there. I'm not sure how that all played out... May be done with this series unfortunately. Things just land on the table and get taken off just as fast and I have no idea how it all magically resolved. ( )

I keep on reading this series, and well it's really starting to get good. The apocolypse, the black creeping more and more into London. This world that has been created is magical (excuse the pun), it's original, and very creative. And an ending that will blow your mind. I was like WHAT!?!?!? What I don't like about these books, is Pete's attitude, her I'm a barney bad ass gets a lil old after a bit, but that doesn't deter me from the story oh no, I just roll my eyes at that, and yeah sometimes laugh cause come on, it's funny, and keep on reading.

Ms. Kittredge is a genious with the world she has created, this is a series I haven't ever came across before, the mix between fae, necromancers, mages, and the like is impressive, and keeps me wanting to read more. Which I will be because I'm dying to know what adventure and mayhem Pete and Jack will have next. ( )

4.5 Into the in between, through the black, deals with demons, deals with the Hecate, framed for murder, necromancers about, fights the Morrigan, her love is not right, and yet she goes on. Pete does them all, with a pair of brass ones ! Dang if this girl doesn't get everything that can go badly thrown at her.
Belial, the big nasty demon that claimed Jacks soul is back and he's full of snarky comebacks. He dresses fancy and has a dark twisted wit that reminds me of Kim Harrison's demon AL. I really liked Belial, he was just right on the evil scale. He is tricked in this book and loses Jacks soul to another bad. But a deal is made that brings him up from the pit and into the world for some boot arse kicking !
Pete she is a stupid girl in love with a life draining man. Their relationship can never be easy, never be smooth or simple. The ties that bind them are stronger perhaps than the evil they place upon each other. I can only hope. beacuse-What happens at the end is heartbreaking.
The cliffhanger ending has me sitting on the edge of my seat ordering the next book. This series gets better and better with each book. It is a dark urban fantasy. ( )

Bone Gods is a continuation from the last Black London book, Demon Bound, a noir urban fantasy series about an ex-rocker and junkie who is a powerful crow mage - servant to the bringer of death and an ex cop turned private eye who is a Weir, conduit to the crow mage's powers and servant to the guardian of the black gates. In Demon Bound, Jack was dragged to hell by Belial and with his death, Pete went through a mourning phase and life goes on without Jack which doesn't became any better for her either. She was called to a crime scene by her ex-partner, Ollie, at the British Museum in which a dead body was found with occult mark on his chest. Seeking for the meaning of the mark, she asked for help from the Black where she was accosted by a self-righteous radical group whose leader, Ethan Morningstar, had her missing mother on the leash. Apparently the dead guy stole something and Morningstar wanted it and threatened Pete with her lives and everyone she knew if she refuses. Hated being blackmailed like that, she sought for the help of a white witch, Lawrence lead her to supernatural version of The Librarian who gives vague information and explained to her the ripples in the black that threatened the city and something spooked the black from the death.

I could go on since the book is literally filled with plot progression in variety of form but I would end up spoiling the book for you. Despite the page numbers, the book is actually very lengthy and action packed within its multitude chapters. To be honest, I never enjoyed an urban fantasy book like this. I do like Nocturne City but I find the stark similarities with Keri Arthur's Riley Jenson series that I called it quit. Black London are set in a contemporary world and filled with noir overtone and goes fluidly with its detective storylines. Despite that I've been drowning with detective fiction of any form, Kittredge surprised me with her style that is unconventional but never redundant. Like the first book, Bone Gods is narrated by Pete and so with Kittredge's style, reading the book had placed you into the shoes of the character and completely immersing yourself into the character. There are stark differences in Pete's personalities than Jack Winters in Demon Bound in written form that I don't think even YA writer Mari Mancusi can pull it off with her vampire books. The differences between Nocturne City and Iron Codex was the level of noir and maturity she pour within every richly descriptive story of a wretched, rusted world where mass death is nothing but a tea party. With the fifth book in two months time, I shall stop myself with this book instead of continuing with the fourth since I wouldn't like it to wait long for the fifth instalment.

Personally, I won't recommend the book to female paranormal romance readers who expect romantic storyline to fill the bulk of the book. I find the major grievance in some reviewers of the series is that they expect it to be a run down the mill story of a damsel in distress wearing leather jacket and a gun and a handsome crow-mage who save the world. To be honest, I love the serious tone of the story and I certainly don't want Miss Kittredge to emulate the countless other PNRs had done. Certainly, I would recommend this to all readers but only those would enjoy darker supernatural storylines with foul-mouthed layered characters and richly detailed backdrop of a city with its darkest horror secrets. ( )

I guess this is the conclusion of this story set of the Black London series and if so, a little bit of a disappointing end. Perhaps I'm wrong.

In this story Pete is in mourning over Jack, getting beat up and getting into more trouble with magic than she should (as usual). The hero and heroine are kind of hard to sympathize with for me, but I like them nonetheless. I will wait and see and should something more come of this story series I will certainly enjoy reading a bit more. ( )