Hugely imaginative

Independent on Sunday

A trailblazer for young talent … The way Shannon's characters shift, backstab and fall are as fascinating as the twists and turns of the plot

Independent

Goes hell-for-leather, all poltergeists and grisly murders and pitched battles in the catacombs of Camden

Sunday Times

Imagine The Hunger Games written by London's foremost psychogeographer, Iain Sinclair … Some of the best fight scenes I've read in donkey's years … Wherever she goes I will follow

Scotland on Sunday

Shannon throws you into this rich, grimy near-future world

The Times

Language as rich as a figgy pudding, the best terminology in the genre and gripping, edge-of-the-seat plotting to boot … Penny dreadful stories clash with electronic tablets. Victorian-style street gangs use their fabulous supernatural powers to call on poltergeists for their skulduggery

Daily Mail