We need more families fighting the Faerie folk in books.

Shadows Over London is one of the few Faerie books that I actually enjoyed. I'm not generally a fan of the Fae books because they always tend to follow the same tropes, but this story didn't. Rather than focus on a love story between teenage girls and men hundreds of years older than them, this book follows the story of a family divided by their loyalties to the Fae courts.
Justice is a young girl whose life is thrown out of balance when her father returns to London and forces her entire family to flee to a strange mansion in the woods. It turns out her parents are on opposing sides of the upcoming Faerie war, and the siblings must choose who to believe. There's a good deal of action, some mysteries that need to be solved, and some really cool plot points are set up for the next book. It took me a bit to get into, but once Justice, Faith, and Henry were on the run, I read it basically in two sittings.
Although Justice is the main character, there are two other POVs - two of her brothers, Henry and Benedict - and I actually liked them more than Justice. Henry is fourteen and he's just an innocent baby and I will not be happy if anything bad happens to him. I also thought Benedict was interesting because he's been out of the house for years so he doesn't really know his siblings, but I also like where his story is going. Neither of them had much closure and I want to read the next book ASAP purely to find out what happens to them. I didn't really like Justice or Faith as much, but I can see myself liking them more in the sequel. Justice was cool and I liked her magic, I just didn't love her stubborn personality at times.
If you're looking for a quick fantasy that focuses on family over romance, but still has enough action to keep your attention, Shadows Over London is the book for you.
4/5