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Content warnings: Sexualization of a minor (who is technically overage, but we are frequently reminded she does not appear to be so), racial and sexuality-based stereotyping, murder

Plot: Two worlds, one similar to ours, one with magic fairies and knights intersect. Naturally, this leads to drugs and vice and a mingling of our worst / lowest common denominators.

We follow a cop from our world and a knight from the magic world who are forced to work together to solve a case.

Language learning: The vocabulary here stretches pretty wide and nonsense fantasy words will be sprinkled in with some regularity. Grammar wise things are pretty straightforward from what I recall, no flowery speech or writing, but I suspect up through N2 grammar comfort will make a big difference here.

Review: I'll preface this by saying I'm not much of a light novel fan. I keep trying, but they don't really scratch the right itch for me. If you like LNs and crime drama this may be an easy 5, but if you're like me and aren't a big LN fan you can probably take it or leave it.

The sexaulization of an underage (looking) girl is something I don't mind in crime books when it's used to underline the wrongness of a situation or otherwise make a point. This was more just to titillate the reader so far as I could tell. Likewise, the stereotyping wasn't my cup of tea and detracted from, rather than enhanced, characterizations in my opinion.

That said, the two main characters developed well over the course of the book, and I appreciated the depth given to them.

The overall plot and scene setting I also thought were well done. It was a unique story and we were given a clear view into the world of the characters which I enjoyed.