#66 The Annihilation Score by Charles Stross

For this book we get almost no Bob since he is putting out fires from the conclusion of the previous book. This starts right at the end of the previous book with Mo being the POV character. And it is a nice change of pace. Mo works for the Laundry and has a cover as a music professor which is useful since she wields a demonic violin that is trying to take over her and kill Bob.

As things get closer to the end times there is an up swell in magic that causes people to believe they have superpowers. When Mo accidently gets outed to the public on the news while trying to stop some new super villain she is put in charge of a new division in the government to recruit and train superheroes.  And she is still working for the Laundry at the same time while still possibly trying to keep her marriage afloat with Bob.

The book ends in typical fashion for this series leaving wanting more.  Mo as the central character was good and now I’m wondering if she will be continue to be the main focus or will it go back to Bob.

#67 Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews

This book is the start of a new story arc in the series. Everyone now knows who Kate’s father is, Curran is no longer the Beast Lord and Ghastek is now in charge of the vampires in Atlanta. Kate and Curran are in a 90 day holding pattern from stepping down from the pack.  And even when they are not supposed to be doing anything with the pack, members of the pack come to them for help.  Georgina is looking for her werebuffalo boyfriend that has gone missing from his Guild job. Her father, the leader of the werebears will not help her since he doesn’t approve of her choice of mate. Also Kate is trying to find out why so many ghouls are attacking the city.  Turns out that both plots are part of the villain getting revenge on the descendants of people who did him wrong in the past.   The story is fast moving and surprising little feeling of infodumping to bring the reader up to speed on what has previously happened in the series.  This isn’t the worst place for a new reader to start since Kate and Curran are starting a new phase in their lives but it would spoil just about every bit of the previous books.
A fun read and I can’t wait for the next book to come out

Digital review copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley