4.5 stars - nearly perfect! See this review and many others on my site Not Yet Read 
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 The Oversight was one of those books that just pulled me in and continued to to get better the further I got into it. There is a small hand of people, five to be exact that call themselves The Oversight. They uphold the law and the lore protecting both the natural and unnatural peoples...pretty much from each other. But which is which really? Are natural people the ones with the gifts or the ones without? You'd have to read to know. But know that long ago those with certain traits interbred with those folk without and are now part of human society and for the most party blend seamlessly together. Sometimes those traits and skills manifest more strongly in a person. 
 Such rich and tasty world building!! 
 Set in Victorian London, most of the books I read now a days that are set during that time are steampunk, however this one was not. It was more like a urban fantasy novel but without all the usual suspect races of paranormals. This was so refreshing because I never knew what kind of unnatural gifts one of these special people might manifest. This made for very refreshing reading. 
 So you're telling me these seizure visions make me a special snowflake? 
 The characters that makeup the hand of The Oversight have a range of skills, all of which still haven't been revealed to me. One, Hodge - can talk mind to mind with animals. Another Another, Mr. Sharpe can put people at ease and bend them to his will. Sara is a glint that sees visions of the past when she touches objects with her hands. The Cook...well I'm not sure exactly what her gifts are, nor am I particularly clear what The Smith's abilities are other then a very long life and the ability to cloud minds. Clouding people's minds and moving unusually fast actually seems to be the two most common traits that I believe most of them have. The Oversight's safe-house is thrown into a big tizzy when a young girl Lucy Harker is sold into their care happens to be a glint like Sara. Except she didn't know what she was, she just thought she was crazy and a bad girl - so when Sara tells her that she's special and proves it to her you can't really blame Lucy for having a really hard time believing it. But Lucy's mind has been tampered with and she was a plant in the house to do some thieving against her will and will all of that goes wrong and she somehow falls through a mirror and into a traveling circus her personal tale of self discovery only continues as all parties involved good and bad race start to converge. 
 A Mad Scientist, a Lawyer, A Magician's daughter,and a Mute saunter on the scene 
 That caught your attention didn't it? Oddly enough that isn't even all of the interesting characters you'll meet in this book, there is also a nasty bunch of pale riders with bird bones all woven about them...nasty business they're about. Some of these are devious men out for personal gain and others dark creatures most foul, some victims of circumstance or manipulative con artist but all of them had me captivated with their individual parts to play that make up this amazing story and world. I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am to read the next book. There were times where I wondered - 'now where are we really going with this character or thread' but much of it came together in the end and the other bits that didn't I just know we are going to see more of in the next book. 
 Give me more...give it to me now...and an ecclese cake too, yes I shall take one of those as well.