The Hexologists
by Josiah Bancroft (Orbit, 2023)
audiobook read by Sarah Slimani (Hachette, 2023)
First impression: artless, and heavy with exposition. The book does improve somewhat (mostly due to the personalities of hexologists Iz and Warren Wilby). At best, however, it’s still just a time-filler, a cosy enough fantasy mystery but nothing to write home about.