2 Books Like Night Owls

Absolutely bonkers world-building (in the best possible way) brings the Hart & Mercy trilogy to a wonderful end. Rosie Fox is world-weary and stuck in a rut as a Tanrian Marshal. No surprise there, as she's a a 6 1/2 ft tall immortal demigod with garnet colored eyes who's tired of seeing everyone she loves die. So when she electrocutes herself touching a live-wire (after unsuccessfully thumping a transit portal to get it working), it's just another painful and fatal day at work.

Then Dr. Adam Lee, inventor of the portal used by travelers in the world of the New Gods, arrives to fix his invention and Rosie's world is upended. The "pocket-sized" humorless man with his bespoke suits and polished manner was just made to be messed with. Marshal Fox is here for it, until Adam and Rosie find themselves stranded with an unworkable portal, a landscape shaped by… show more.

I’ve enjoyed all of Erin Langston’s books that are heavy on characterization, and this one’s no exception. Plus, it’s a nextgen novel featuring the offspring of earlier characters and I always love to see that done well.

American Ethan Fletcher arrives in London expecting a modest inheritance but instead finds he’s inherited a debt on his late uncle’s print shop. Ethan’s dreams of having his own newspaper will have to wait, stifled by both the debt and England’s onerous taxes on publishing. But when he bumps into Belle Sinclair in a garden near London’s Old Bailey, he’s quick to realize not everything in this smoky town is gray and gloomy.

Belle has dreams of becoming a published author but when she broke her engagement to a cad she learned society judges women harshly, especially when they make poor choices. But Ethan and Belle quickly realize they’re each in a position… show more.