#3 in Urban fantasy
Foxglove Summer
- 374
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Foxglove Summer” takes the Peter Grant series away from its usual setting, and the change of air does it good. The wit, the pop-culture asides and the mix of magic with police procedure are all in place, and some readers rank this fifth volume among the best so far. Others miss Nightingale, who barely appears, and are lukewarm about the romance between Peter and Beverley. Enjoyable by itself, better with the earlier cases behind it.
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About the book
Foxglove Summer is the fifth novel in the Peter Grant series by English author Ben Aaronovitch, published in 2014 by Gollancz.
Reading order · Rivers of London
Full order & progress →- Rivers of LondonStart here
7.87.8 / 10 - Moon Over Soho
8.08.0 / 10 - Whispers Under GroundWhispers Under Ground–Not ranked yet
- Broken Homes
8.28.2 / 10 - Foxglove SummerThis book
8.38.3 / 10 - The Furthest Station
7.97.9 / 10 - The Hanging Tree
–Not ranked yet - Lies Sleeping
8.28.2 / 10 - False Value
–Not ranked yet - Amongst Our Weapons
8.28.2 / 10 - Stone and Sky
7.97.9 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.4 across 327 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 69% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Urban fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.3 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.8 | 21 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 8.4 | 306 | 94% |
Frequently asked
How long is Foxglove Summer?
It has 374 pages — shorter than 85% of the ranked books in Urban fantasy.
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