Review: Great addition to the Bombay family series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 21, 2013
I really enjoy Leslie Langtry's writing, and her Bombay family series is a lot of fun to read.  You'd think that a series about a family of assassins would be emotionally heavy reading, but it's not.  These books are a treat for me, and I find myself picking them up when I need to read something that will leave me smiling.Snuff the Magic Dragon is a collection of short stories about the Bombay family.  Each story tells one family member's history, and details one of their more memorable "jobs."  I liked that the stories were historical.  The fact that the Bombay family's roots go back to Ancient Greece was mentioned several times in the series, and I was happy to read about the origination of the family business.I love Langtry's writing.  It's clean, with no overly descriptive prose.  Her characters are all pretty level-headed and have no-nonsense personalities.  I love that!  Each story is told in the first person point of view.  I love a first-person narrative, but initially thought it could be confusing for a collection of short stories, since each chapter started with a new character, but it ended up being perfect for this book.My one complaint about Snuff the Magic Dragon was that because each short story was so short, there wasn't a lot of depth to the book.  However, this book was a lot of fun to read, and I thought it was a great addition to the series.  If you're new to Leslie Langtry's writing, start with her first Bombaby assassins book: 'Scuse Me While I Kill This Guy.