PC Peter Grant heads to the suburbs! But leaving the insanity of London provides for no less excitement and magic. There are unicorns, there are bee-people, there are fairies, there are changelings. However, the first half of this book does suffer from a lack of regular characters as Peter heads to the suburbs alone leaving behind Nightingale, all of the River characters, and, of course, Leslie who is God knows where. Peter doesn’t even bring Toby along for some fresh air! He does meet a new character to snark at, Dominic, whom I enjoyed very much, and Beverly Brook does join Grant for the latter half, which improves the book mightily. This was a weaker book in the series because of the lack of recognizable characters, and I think it suffers especially because Leslie only makes a few cameos, although some of her practical advice is provided through Peter’s ongoing “What would Leslie do” mental narrative. I truly liked Leslie (and still do, despite her Benedict Arnoldian ways) and I hope her storyline gets resolved quickly so that she can rejoin Peter and the rest of the team.