The fourth book in the series and I'm still loving these books. The story is based partly in Manchester and partly in a different Manchester than most people perceive. You could read it as a standalone book if you wanted, but you would miss out on so much if you didn't read the entire series (in order).
Stella has started university, organised by her boss (the drunken grump of an editor). She realises that it is partly his guilt from his previous threatening behaviour and partly because Stella had been promised a training course.
Vincent (the aforementioned boss) also has to deal with a pretty big life threat as a result of his aforementioned behaviour and needs his team to work with him in resolving the dark activities that have most recently been going on around Manchester. And resolve it before Tuesday! And he doesn't want the taster he was given to become his new reality.
There is a lot of detail to this book, too much to paraphrase here without either spoiling the book or giving such a poor representation of what it covers, that it doesn't sound as good as it is. As you probably gathered from the previous two paragraphs!
So in summary, I really enjoyed this book, it captured me and drew me in. I haven't been able to think of anything that I didn't like about it. All I can do is heartily recommend it as a most excellent read.
Thank you to NetGalley and Random House UK for approving me to read this book.
5/5 Stars
Official description:
Some comebacks can be murder . . .
Stella is enjoying life as an almost student, or at least she is until a man falls from the sky right in front of her, leaving a big old hole in the pavement for Manchester Council to fill. The obvious question of how he ended up in the sky in the first place has no obvious answers, which is where The Stranger Times come in. This isn't just the hunt for another story though. Dark powers think Stella might have been involved and the only way she and the team can prove her innocence is to find out what the hell is really going on. What have dodgy gear, disturbed graves and a decommissioned rock star got to do with all this?
Vincent Banecroft has problems of his own in the form of a tall, dark but-definitely-not-handsome man dressed like a one-man funeral who has been sent to make the paper's editor atone for his sins. Once he finds out exactly what that entails, Banecroft is not keen. Being banished to a Hellscape for all eternity looks like being no fun at all, not least because he has that pale Irish skin that burns really easily . . .
All that plus territorial ghouls, homicidal felines, eternal (and seemingly unstoppable) gnomes and a celebrity 'Who's Who' that'd put a royal wedding to shame, and you're looking at a wild few days for The Stranger Times.
Relight My Fire is the fourth adventure in the acclaimed and brilliantly funny Stranger Times series.
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