A little confusing (probably cause I haven’t read the previous 9 volumes) and I wish there would be more in-depth scenes but I loved the art style and the “nightmare” fairytales. The humor was great.

Thank you Titan Comics and NetGalley for the advanced copy! As someone who hasn’t read the Rivers of London series, I was still able to enjoy the story. The brief overview of the characters at the beginning provided useful background information that aided my understanding. This was a fun story with a twist on fairytales coming to life. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys graphic novels and twisted fairytales. I’ll definitely be looking into the rest of the series as well.

Having read a few of his books. I was keen to see how they would translate to a graphic novel. Well it definitely did. The illustrations were exactly what my reading eye told me they would be like. The story was thrifty and the illustrations tallied up perfectly to this. There was a character picture gallery at the start of the book and this really helped reading as there were slot of people in the story to work out who was who. I really loved this. Not only did it make me want yo read more of these graphic novels but also more of the original books.

Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Fans of Aaronovitch’s main Rivers of London series (books and novellas) will have no trouble recognising the fun-loving, responsibility-avoiding Olympia and Chelsea, two of the many daughters of Mama Thames. In this adventure, they have found themselves at the heart of a series of fairy-tales gone wrong and while they want to avoid bringing attention to the fact that they are the main cause, they do agree that they need to fix things (without getting into too much trouble with Mama Thames or their sister, Beverly).

Unfortunately for them, Nightingale and Peter are both preoccupied so Olympia and Chelsea attempt to take things into their own hands. What follows is an interesting story of family, fairy tales, and, of course, supernatural spirits, both good and bad.

There are new characters introduced (although I doubt we’ll see most of them again in the future) and cameos by our favourite ROL characters but the bulk of the story is carried by Olympia and Chelsea.

I found it really interesting to spend time with Olympia and Chelsea who generally only show up in the novels briefly and are usually busy partying or lounging about. To see them take centre-stage and deal with a vengeful spirit on their own (with an assist from Beverly) was really interesting, even though I have to admit I missed the main characters.

I know that graphic novels are not for everyone but as a huge fan of the Rivers of London series, I pretty much will devour anything that adds to the ROL universe. The artwork is wonderful and engaging, with lots to look at visually, both in the main action and in the background.

I really enjoy the graphic novels because, while they can be read as standalones, I really don’t recommend it. I also HIGHLY recommend them to anyone who is an ROL fan. The graphic novels add so much backstory and character development to what the novels/novellas provide. They are a light-hearted way to learn more about the characters and often there are small inside jokes and visual gags in the background that add to the charm.

* Thank you to the publisher, Titan Books/Titan Comics, for providing me with an e-copy of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review.

I felt like this was all over the place, the illustrations were good but the story was a mess. I've tried the novels and struggled with them, I'd hoped that this format would have been a better medium but it's somehow worse.

The watermark was really distracting for me. Since i read it from the app on my phone and with the small screen and the watermark being on the speech bubbles i just gave up. I understand why the publishers put it there. Since its a free review copy and its just a subjective matter and may not have bothered other readers but i hope the publishers would consider a better placement of their watermarks to at least avoid the speech bubbles.

Ben Aaronovitch's rivers of London series just seems to get better and better and doesn't appear to be tailing off anytime soon! Still a highly recommend to all customers.

My thanks to Titan Books Titan Comics for a digital review copy via NetGalley of ‘Rivers Of London: Deadly Ever After’ by Ben Aaronovitch.

This is the 10th graphic novel in Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series of urban fantasies. Here he partners with Celeste Bronfman and artists including Andrew Cartmel and José María Beroy. Each of the graphic novels serve as standalone stories within the greater Rivers of London world.

It opens with a useful Reader’s Guide that provides an illustrated timeline for the novels and graphic novels to date as well as brief profiles for the main Rivers of London characters appearing in ‘Deadly Ever After’.

The story itself revolves around Olympia and Chelsea, daughters of the river goddess Mother Thames, who are camping with friends in a forest. While wandering about at night they accidentally break an enchantment placed upon a tree. Oops.

This causes the illustrations from a mysterious book of fairy tales drawn in the late 1800s to come to life and subsequently cause havoc. The original artist, Jeter Day, had disappeared one night in the same forest spirited away by tree nymphs. Now Jeter has returned to our world bitter and resentful for what was taken from him. He is no fan of the modern world.

Given that DS Peter Grant and DCI Thomas Nightingale are busy on another case, it’s up to sisters Olympia and Chelsea assisted by the Foxes to save the day.

This was all kinds of wonderful in terms of the storytelling and vibrant artwork. I have been a fan of the Rivers of London books since the first book was published as it blends two of my favourite genres: police procedurals and supernatural fantasy/horror.

While ‘Deadly Ever After’ is my first experience of the Rivers of London graphic novels, I am now keen to read them all.

This was a super chaotic but very entertaining subplot in Ben Aaronvitch's main series.

Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for providing me with an arc for an honest review!

This book was a fun addition to the Rivers of London series and I enjoyed the art style and the play on several classic fairytales.

First of all I would like to thank Titan Books for such a thrilling , magical , gripping graphic novel .


I love a good graphic novel like many others it was a few years back my son got me into reading them and I've never looked back .and I can say this one didn't disappoint , now I didn't know that there was ten other books to these beauties,,i defiantly be reading them ,.


I loved being sucked in to this extraordinary world full of magic , thrilling moments ,just brilliant .I'm still learning a lot about the characters I need to read the others just to understand them a bit more .

I really loved the graphics I thought they was very well done they really tell a fantastic story totally stunning.
the world itself is very intriguing for you harry potter fans out there you would enjoy this very much it has a magic school brilliant.
I did love the dark moments to spine tinging .so if you love all that this is for you .


The Plot is pretty simple but if I'm honest I don't like book which is zipping here, there , everywhere so was just right , I also really enjoyed it had bit of fairy-tale bits to it love that very much ..

It also had some laugh out load moments some very tongue in cheek moments which is very me .!!

I think once I've read the other books ill fall more in love with this world .


I'm giving this book 4.5 stars

Chelsea and Olympia daughters of Beverly Brook Goddess of the Thames find themselves wrapped up in a bit of a dark fairy tale (original fairy tales were quite dark indeed).

As usual, this GN was amazing. I loved that we got to spend some more time with the twins of the river! These two could definitely help out Peter in the future. I adore the RoL series and this was an excellent addition to the GN collection.

It was a bit underwhelming for me because I wasn't so familiar before with the world and overall concept of the graphic novels but I understood enough about it through the pages.

The world as a whole is interesting and I enjoyed reading about its development and the characters were fleshed out, at least as much as they could be in the limited amount of pages.

The illustrations were beautiful to look at and I enjoyed the style but also the colors matched the vibe of the graphic novel.

This graphic novel is about the twin sisters, Olympia and Chelsea, who try to save the day since an old illustrator from the 19th century was spirited away from the world and as the twins broke the enchantment the illustrator got out and he was frankly not in a good mood.

When I first started to read this graphic novel I didn't know that it was part of a series. I liked the illustrations but following the story was pretty difficult for me since I didn't know who anyone really was and what their backstory were. I wish it was longer and filled in with more details to help the reader keep up with the plot.

Thank you to Netgalley for sending me an E-Arc of this book.

(3.75/5) Since I have the day off, today is my NetGalley catch up day, where I try to get through as many advance copies as possible. I did not realize that this Rivers of London graphic novel is the tenth in a series, but when I read the description of it on NetGalley, I was intrigued. billed as:

CSI meets Harry Potter in this graphic novel from Ben Aaronovitch - writer of the bestselling Rivers of London supernatural police procedural crime novel series, Andrew Cartmel author of The Vinyl Detective and Celeste Bronfman.

Thankfully, this graphic novel can serve as a standalone. While the characters stay consistent over the series, I didn't have much of a problem catching up. The premise of this installment, where fairy tales start coming to life and possessing people, was well done for the length of the novel and things tied up nicely. The story was good, but nothing fantastic; this book is easy to pick up and enjoy in one sitting and I'm sure that fans of the series would enjoy it.

As a huge fan of the bookseries I really enjoyed it!

It was quickly recognizable as Aaronovitch's writingstyle even when it was broken down to the dialog-format of graphic novels. I really liked that!
The artstyle wasn't necessarily the best I've ever seen/my favourit but I'm weirdly picky with the way I like my graphic novels to be drawn. It still was good, the colours were great and I'm sure many people would like it a lot!

All in all it was really nice to read this Rivers Of London addition!

A great addition to the Rivers of London series, while this isn’t the main characters from the original books. It still showcases the great storytelling. And the graphics are pretty cool to.

2.5/5

I haven’t read any of the River of Londons series before. They say you don’t have to read the whole series, and are able to read this on it’s own. In my opinion I wouldn’t recommend that. It would be better to read the other volumes to have more background knowledge. I was confused at parts, just lost a bit of interest overtime. Other than that, I did like the character descriptions in the beginning. The Grimm mix on fairytales was fun. The modern jokes that were thrown in there were surprisingly tasteful. Graphics were great, I wouldn’t expect anything less for a fantasy graphic novel.

“The trick is to always aim positive, especially when you’re not.”

Thank you to Net Galley and the Publisher for my advanced readers copy of Rivers of London: Deadly Ever After.

Olympia and Chelsea have messed up, big time. They accidently released a man whose sense of morality has been wrapped from being stuck in a magic tree with the nymphs. This man, Jester, wants his life back before he was trapped in the tree. But doing so means using magic harmfully to get what he wants. Can the sisters, Olympia and Chelsea, stop Jester and save the world? Or is it too late for them all?

Overall I liked this book. I would give it a four out of five stars. I thought the beginning was slow and I didn’t really like Olympia and Chelsea. I will admit the sisters did grow on me a little bit throughout the story. I liked their flawed personalities and how they cared for one another. They were also really funny, this book had me laughing about the situations these girls put themselves in. But they did always know when to ask for help.
If you like fantasy, mystery, and fairy tales definitely check this book out!