supercheesegirl

I really loved this: a strong thoughtful murder mystery set against a backdrop of innovative urban fantasy. So much complexity! So much beauty! So many good plot twists! I loved how the culprit wasn't something fantastical, which is the obvious answer you'd expect from a book set in a fantasy sort of world; the culprit turned out to be people trying to make money, which is far more true. I was expecting the implementation of the city/city split to be much more fantastical just in general, but really the split happens in people's minds - which is where fantasy really lives anyway. I'm going to be thinking about, and squeeing about, this book for a long time.

(And it won a Hugo in 2010 and I didn't even realize so I got to cross off another Hugo winner too!)