Saturnalia

First book of the year! And it was damned near perfect.
The best way to describe this is as Night Circus's younger, gritter sister. I highly recommend going in cold. I knew almost nothing when I started it and the description on the back doesn't really prepare you for what is about to happen.
Everything takes place over one night, Saturnalia, in Philly in the not-tot-distant future where the world have been ravaged by climate change. This is a beautiful mix of the ancient and the modern. Rituals and old gods meets capitalism. It really helped that I have been to the places the action takes place in. Laurel Hill Cemetery, whoot whoot!
Expect: tarot cards, sacrifices, costumes, grand parties, alchemy, secret societies and a whole bunch of robes.
That said, it was nearly perfect. I had an issue with the fact that Nina spent so much time in the Saturn Club but seems to know so little about magic. And the ending was going to fizz out no matter what -the tension was TOO high, the sun was going down and I think any ending would have been a let down. Nina stays true to her character the entire book, though, and I greatly appreciated that.