Wednesday, 8 January 2025

Pimlico People by Rupert Stanbury ~Blog Tour


 

Publisher: Independently published
Publication Date: 28th October 2024
Genre: Humorous Fiction
Summary:
ALL THE AUTHOR’S ROYALTIES WILL BE GIVEN TO SUPPORT CHARITIES FOR THE HOMELESS

Pimlico People is the third book in the Gods Galore series about the Olympian Gods in the 21st Century AD.

The Goddesses Artemis and Hebe are staying in Central London to obtain a better understanding of the lives of ‘normal’ people.

To their surprise, they soon encounter a plot to blow up a foreign embassy. Add to that a sophisticated operation involving the theft of valuable paintings from a major art gallery, and the two goddesses begin to question what a ‘normal’ life is all about.

Meanwhile, in the Underworld Cerberus encounters another dog who, amazingly, only has one head! How will they get on?

Review:
Firstly thank you to Random Things Book Tours and Rupert Stanbury for having me on this tour and sending me a copy of the book.
Ok so if you've read my blog before it will come as no surprise that I loved this book. I've enjoyed each of the visits to see what mischief Cerberus is causing down in the underworld or what on earth Zeus and the other gods are up to on mount Olympus now, and this book was no different.
Its full of Rupert Stanbury's brilliantly clever writing that has a Pratchett style to it, weaving in more famous faces from history with his brilliantly crafted characters that help make this such an easy to read book. I've had so many laugh out loud moments whilst reading this, I think I've managed to cause my husband to die in his computer game so often from bursting out with laughter from this book but I couldn't help myself. I especially loved that we got more interactions between Hebe and Sergeant MacGobo, I loved the way they bounced against each other in the last book so it made me smile to read more of it. 
But I still think my favourite place to see into is the Underworld, I love all the historical figures we get to meet and finding out the jobs they have in the underworld, its so cleverly done and I adore that we mostly find it all out through Cerberus who is such a loveable oddity. Don't get me wrong I've loved following Artemis and Hebe in this book but I am so glad we still visited the Underworld as well.
If your a Terry Pratchett fan, do yourself a favour and grab this series because you will love I promise you. Now I need to go see if I can commandeer my copies of Gods Galore and Four Horsemen back from my mum so I can do a full reread!

Krystina xx