I felt ambivalent towards this book. Finding it at the library after watching all of the interesting little BBC web cartoons online, I thought that it might be interesting. On the one hand, I felt that the main characters introduced in the web series, such as siblings Tamora and Will, the demon Iblis, even the ghosts, were very well protrayed in the novel, with their personalities and motivations very distinct and believable, and fairly true to the early 19th century England, as far as I could tell. Also, the setting was well defined and interesting. The only thing lacking, in my opinion was the plot; it was cliched and rather over the top at times. While some interesting scenes with cursed statues were given, the monster overload with various beasts from Indian folklore popping up in hoards was a little much for me, even in a book where ghosts show up all the time. I felt that the main villain could have been interesting, but was left pretty one dimensional. In the end, I felt that the book was a little two sided; on the one hand, the main characters were very likable and real, and the scenes without reference to the main plot were extremely enjoyable. On the other, they weren’t able to express themselves much when dealing with the stereotypical monstrous army about to descend on unsuspecting London. Could this have been the results of the two different authors competing for space?