Stiletto

Stiletto is the long awaited sequel to Daniel O'Malley's excellent and fun book The Rook.  When I say long awaited, I am in no way exaggerating -- this book has taken many years to come out.  This book picks up with Myfanwy Thomas plowing ahead uniting two organizations (The Checquy and The Grafters) that deal in a shadow world of improbable creatures.

The book introduces two new badass females Felicity and Odette as well as a terrorist organization that is working to destabilize The Grafters and strike out at the Checquy. While I appreciated a lot of the backstory, there was so much exposition that some times the plot felt bogged down.

I still laughed aloud a few times and I was consistently pulled back into the plot. This is a fun sci-fi book and very worth a read, but be sure to read the first book first!