![]() ![]() Zoe’s new world contains a wide variety of creatures including a water fae, a death goddess, several zombies and a sex incubus named John. This simple device provides extra glimpses of the New York that normal humans don’t often get to see. I particularly liked the pages taken from the Shambling Guide itself that that feature at the start of each chapter. ![]() ![]() The different races feel distinct from each other and I got the feeling that a lot of work had been put into the back story of this world. Lafferty has done an excellent job constructing an organic feeling world. She finds out that everyone needs to know a good place to eat and the best places to stay even if what’s for dinner is brains and accommodation requirements involve staying out of the sunlight. After visiting the world’s least pleasant second hand bookstore, Zoe ends up getting a job interview to write a travel guide with a difference. Forced out of her old job and her old town after finding out that her boyfriend also had a wife he hadn’t mentioned, Zoe is looking for a fresh start in New York, preferably as an editor. The protagonist Zoe starts the story in a bad place. Her idea in The Shambling Guide to New York City is so good I wish I’d thought of it if zombies, demons and vampires live among us, then they might just have their own guide books. Just when I think I’ve seen everything under the sun in urban fantasy someone like Mur Lafferty comes along with an idea that gives the genre a fresh jolt of life. The Shambling Guide to New York City – Book Review ![]()
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