I have been a huge fan of Angela Slatter since her first book, and this one did not disapoint!

As a local, having a book set in my town gives the book a fresh take, and now when i walk down the street im always thinking of Verity.

This book was a real treat and a great adition to the series. It kept me enthralled and on the edge of my seat waiting to see what would happen next.

A brilliant conclusion to the trilogy, Restoration is Slatter at her finest hour. There is still no one like Verity a half wyld/half normal navigating the murky Brisbane supernatural community trying to save herself and everything she holds dear. It’s has been a various mixed bag of success though in Verity’s eyes she rather forget the whole events probably. As everything has lead up to this point where everything has come to a boiling point.

If you haven’t read the last two books, do yourself a favour and go back and read them now . As this book takes a walk down memory lane . There is plenty of the old and the new. It works well together considering things and it’s fun trip as Verity tries to handle everything. It’s a very entertaining book , nothing I expected less despite Verity being thrown in a hundred directions. If you thought there was anything unfinished, well this book is definitely going to give what you want and more.

Verity has grown in the last two books and poor Verity she has been through a lot. Slatter has never let her down though and through thick and thin, Verity has reminder her snarky self. There is no one else like her and she back being her charming self in this instalment despite everything on her plate.

Once again playing detective, Verity now got a new boss to answer to and Joyce to deal with . The pairing makes an interesting addition given that Verity has an issue or two when it comes to those two. As Verity become a problem to the parts of the community, she seen now as someone to hate despite everything. She may have solved what she set out to do but this girl has a list of enemies and they aren’t too keen on the new events that are plaguing her life.

This mystery took the cake, if you thought sirens, angels and everyone else caused enough trouble. Well working for a psychotic fallen angel, this guy was a trip. He only saw the prize and made Verity work her magic and this one was pulling teeth at times for Poor Verity. The plot was genius and the end was bittersweet considering how much I have enjoyed this series .

It’s works being distinctly Aussie and I don’t think I will find another series like this again. Verity never apologise for who she was and managed to grab a whole range of characters that added to this wonderful alternative Brisbane , that I adored. It’s a fitting conclusion to this trilogy and I hope this isn’t the last of Verity as she gotten under my skin and don’t think she will go away any time in a hurry. She a delight and pleasure to read about despite her shortcomings .

Verity is like no PI I have read or watched and this what made the series for what it is . Slatter truly wrote one of my favourite Urban Fantasy series of all time and now I”m at a lost what to fill the gap since this trilogy is finished. Hopefully she will make a return in the future .

This, the third book featuring Verity Fassbinder, kind-of police person to the Weyrd (monsters and legendary creatures) in preset day Brisbane - is I think something of a culmination of the arc that began in Vigil and continued with Corpsefire. The events of the earlier books have led to this, with Fassbinder resigning her role working for the Weyrd Council and taking up instead with the self-proclaimed Guardian of the Southern Gate to the Underworld. This wasn't done willing, basically Verity has given up her position to safeguard her family (her partner David, daughter Maisie and mother Olivia - who till recently she had thought dead).

A condition of the deal was that she has no contact with the family. A second is that she has no contact with the Weyrd. A third is that she has a new minder, Joyce - the fox woman who absolutely, 100% hates Verity's guts.

So, basically, just a pice of cake for Ms Fassbinder, right?

Well, perhaps. Or perhaps not. As the chase begins - a complicated quest for a Grail and a Tyrant, complicated by a series of death of women apparently from spontaneous combustion - Verity feels allegiances shifting and old certainties crumbling. Ligeia, Queen of the Sirens and Goddess, is in decline. Verity's friends the Norns are afflicted by new and troubling powers. And Verity herself discovers more than she's comfortable with about her family's origins and their role as Jager, hunters. Soon she has several Quests on at once, begins to doubt who she can trust and desperately needs allies - so it's not a good time when a backfiring rite, plus her resignation, alienates her from most of the Weyrd...

But Verity Fassbinder never gives up. I absolutely adored the way she comes back, again and again, not only fighting back against physical attacks but delving into things she's continually warned against, going where she has no business to be, seeking to protect those she loves whatever the cost to herself. She is no respecter of persons (whether Weyrd or Normal) and tends to say just what she thinks, as she thinks it. Did I see signs of her being a bit more diplomatic once or twice here?

No, not really, I'm glad to say. It's pretty much action all the way - whether physical or verbal - and you just know that when Verity gets herself dressed up for a special occasion - "Black tailored dress, black leather boots with enough heel to give my legs a nice line... charcoal mid-length coat, unobtrusive handbag, brushed hair pulled into a bun..." - that outfit isn't going to stay presentable for long.

It is, though, action with purpose, even morality. Verity doesn't lay about her gratuitously, at one point she's even at pains to save the life of an old enemy, but she is often called on to stand up for herself and her friends. And she does that (You'd think word would go round, actually, and her enemies would be a bit more, well... careful? The book would be less fun though). There are some nasty schemes going on in this book, one of them almost a metaphor for men who drain the life from women (no, it's not vampirism, I'd say it was actually worse than that) and another which would boggle the mind of a theologian but which does all make a curious sense in the end. They have to be stopped, and Verity is the woman to do it - or die trying.

I've you've read and enjoyed the previous books you will love this one, I can promise. It's not only a satisfactory climax to the story so far it also (he says, hopefully) leaves enough hints and loses ends that I can see the possibility of more. Please, please may there be more!

And finally - that cover! I guess if you're going to write about fallen angels consumed by flames (not a spoiler - read the intro on the very first page) then you may as well flaunt them on the cover. Not attention grabbing AT ALL...

Having enjoyed both the first and second book in the 'Verity Fassbinder' series (Vigil and Corpselight) I couldn't wait to dedicate some time to 'Restoration'. It most certainly lived up to my high expectations and once again Slatter's writing is beautiful. There is something for everyone in this wonderful addition to the series.

I was instantly drawn into the story and my love affair with Verity continued the whole way through. We are landed right into the middle of the action and once again sassy Ms Fassbinder is in trouble! She had had to quit her job as a member of the Wyerd Council and is now employed by a broken and demented archangel, and has kitsune assassin, Joyce, watching her every move. Danger lurks at every turn and from various sources. V must ultimately face her fears whilst keeping her family safe from harm. Will it be possible to keep all that is precious to her safe? Or will her world crumble before her very eyes?

This is an enchanting and utterly compelling urban fantasy. Verity is a strong and likeable female who embodies all it means to be a smart and brilliant heroine. Slatter has such a wickedly wild imagination, with storytelling skills that are second-to-none. Her books are disappointingly underrated and it certainly isn't because they're lacking in some way, exactly the opposite in fact. The witty and black humour-filled prose gave me a good giggle which I always appreciate in a book. Literally everything in this story is effortless, there's no doubt in my mind that Slatter is an immensely talented crafter of thrilling, spellbinding feminist fantasy and one of the best in the genre today.

Highly recommended to fans of urban fantasy. The 'Verity Fassbinder' series will particularly appeal to those who love Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods' and Jim Butcher's 'Dresden Files' series.

Many thanks to Jo Fletcher Books for an ARC. I was not required to post a review and all thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.

Verity is up to her neck in trouble once more.
This is a complex paranormal tale of secrets, loyalty, family, love, betrayal and politics. As part three of a series, it's not one that should be read as a standalone. I've read part two in the series, but not part one yet, and this book feels like it has a greater reliance on knowing the part one story. I still really enjoyed it, though.
There is an extraordinary cast of wonderful characters. The plot is complex, but set out in such a way that it's not too difficult to follow. Unpredictable, action-packed and great fun to read.

I loved the first in Angela Slatter's half normal/half weyrd Verity Fassbinder fantasy series, Vigil, but missed the second. I really felt the loss of not reading the second, so I would definitely recommend starting this series from the beginning and in order. Nevertheless, once again I found myself drawn and instantly charmed as I began to read. Sassy and snarky Verity is in trouble, so much so she has had to send away husband, David, and her baby, Maisie, so they can be safe. She has been forced to quit her job with the Weyrd Council, policing the borders of the world between the weyrds and normals, and is now working for a psychotic and broken archangel residing in the underworld, and has acquired spy fox girl kitsune assassin, Joyce, as her constant companion. And if all that wasn't enough, she is unsurprisingly not popular with too many folk, indeed, some are decidedly intent on murdering her. Verity has always walked in dangerous worlds, a prerequisite of what she does and who she is, but here she has to face her greatest fears, the possibility of losing all that is precious to her, her family, including the recent entry in her life of her battle hardened mother, Olivia.

Whilst Verity has ostensibly left the employment of the Council, in many ways little has changed. The despotic archangel has her searching for a grail, and the Council archivist, Jost, is keen to help. The handsome Jost is dating friend and neighbour, Mel, although Mel's daughter, Lizzie, is finding it hard to adjust to sharing her mother. The formidable dying angel, Ligeia, a friend and ally ever since Verity saved her baby granddaughter, Callie, goes on to bequeath her sword forged in heaven, reaper, to her. Merrily Vaughan, owner of the shop, Third Eye, goes on a date with a man that assaults her badly. A plan to get information from the dead evil wine maker, Eleanor Aviva, with the help of Titania Banks, goes spectacularly wrong, leaving Verity with even more enemies. What with the most recent member of the Council, Udo Forsythe, spilling hate at Verity whilst bad mouthing her to Sandor Verhoeven, the Council Leader, there is political chicanery and danger coming from the most unexpected of quarters. Additionally, normal Inspector Rhonda McIntyre and Constable Lacy Oldman need help with the strange deaths of 3 women, and who are they going to turn to but Verity? And Verity's ex-boyfriend and ex-boss, Bela, finds to his cost that there are not many Weyrds he can rely on.

Angela Slatter writes a bewitchingly compelling addition to this series. Her greatest strengths are her witty and humorous writing style and the fabulous and charismatic central character of Verity, with her inordinate ability to upset those around her, but blessed with a close coterie of friends and allies she can rely on, particularly the gifted Norn sisters running their Little Venice cafe. Slatter has created a world and characters that I have become fond of, and which has me looking forward with marked anticipation to the next in the series. Highly recommended! Many thanks to Quercus for an ARC.