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|reviewer=Sam Tyler
|genre=Fantasy
|summary=Join perhaps the most annoying characters you have ever spent time with in what proves to be an interesting urban fantasy world were magical creatures hide in the shadows.
|rating=2.5
|buy=No
Angela sits in an interview room waiting to be deported back to the United Kingdom. In her wake she left more than a few dead bodies and more than a few mysteries that the police can't get their heads around. It is bad enough that a house has burnt down leaving various corpses, but when the dead don't quite look human, what on earth are the police meant to investigate?
''Relics'' is a lesson in a good idea that's poorly executed in places. On a positive note, the world building is very good. Set in a modern London this is a city that has a secret. Unbeknownst to most of us, there are a few magical creatures still alive, hiding as they fear extinction. Some unsavoury characters know of their existence and trade in a black market of artefacts including body parts. This is the world that Angela and her partner Vince are plunged into when Vince gets involved in an illegal transaction that could cost him his life.
All very promising; intrigue, action, thrills and even a Satyr. However, many of the other elements of the book do not match the main idea. Firstly, the pacing suffers as Lebbon tries to develop his characters to the point of irritation. Angela and Vince are not just a couple, but they are in love and not just love, but a forever love. The first sixty pages feel like an internal monologue of gushing thoughts.