Owl and the City of Angels

February 15, 2016

Working for a dragon has its dangers. Antiquities thief Alix "Owl" Hiboux steals for Mr. Kurosawa (the aforementioned dragon) but gets into trouble when she does a little extra pilfering on her own time. In addition, the IAA (International Archaeology Association) is after her because she is suspected of lifting artifacts from the off-limits Syrian City of the Dead. For once, Owl didn't commit the crime, but she agrees to retrieve some of these relics for Mr. Kurosawa from a collector in Los Angeles. In the process, she winds up cursed by the stolen goods and has to find a way into the city and clear her name, or be faced with deadly consequences. VERDICT Charish (Owl and the Japanese Circus), who never lets the action slack, delivers another captivating adventure. Readers might wish that Owl would show more personal growth, yet her prickly antisocial tendencies do soften a little as she tries to make her relationship with succubus boyfriend Rynn work.--MM

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