Midnight Riot

In a very real sense, there's practically nothing new in this book–neophyte wizard just discovering a world of magic; super-secret police division tasked with investigating (and covering up) supernatural crimes; a whole world of ghosts, vamps, trolls, dryads, nymphs, demigods living unseen amongst mortals; clever (and funny) pop culture references littered throughout the text; and so on...Urban Fantasy 101. BUT, there's something about the way that Aaronovitch writes that makes Midnight Riot so fresh, so entertaining, so fun, it feels like I'm reading a brand new genre. He's basically the British [a:Anton Strout 833164 Anton Strout http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1297087363p2/833164.jpg] (but a tad bit funnier). I had a blast reading this–every second of it–laughed out loud, sat on the edge of my seat, and tore through this book.