A first volume that tears!

I really hope that this book will be a success it deserves because the author proposes a very dense universe that is reminiscent of the magical and futuristic blend of Danny Valentine series, except that we are in London, one populated city of ghosts and supernatural a particular category, the LEDs. This world is full of real history, condensed key events that form the basis of the dictatorial regime. It is all the more credible that the protagonists are not all from the UK, but also countries such as Ireland. Samantha Shannon immediately gives us the information we take for granted like Paige, then sow doubts in the reader's mind suddenly discovers that behind the scenes. It was the frieze of time splits between an official version and another more obscure.

The female figure is comparable to the urban fantasy heroines. She is young, 19, but is paradoxically very mature because of his eventful life. I must say it has a unique and coveted gift tied with ether and ghosts but also the spirits of the living. I really loved his voice deliberate, honest, unpretentious and technique when it comes to describe the magic. A pretty romance is invited in history, never eclipse or become too heavy. It is not all fired up, she starts up gradually and is primarily based on the confidence yet in precarious conditions.

What differentiates this book from many others is this mix between the urban setting where magic mafias are opposed and a dystopian pan, really apart, forcing Paige to live in a sort of royalty in which human are treated like animals by powerful people from a Shadowlands. The slip is well orchestrated, we believe in it and attaches to all crossed characters. I greatly appreciated Paige reveals its flaws of ordinary young woman along the way, while this aspect is often overlooked due to time and space, in the novels of this type. This is a perfectly calibrated book I eagerly await the result.