Reviews

The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman

ellacummings02's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

thebooktender's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

jadedfrrog's review against another edition

funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

elisabethd8a's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

caitibeth's review against another edition

5.0

I loved it! Just as impossible to put down as the first book in the series. This installment has much less Kai (for most of the book he's

Spoiler

an incapacitated prisoner

) and very little Library, but it trades this for a much closer look at the Fae and at dragons. And for a great deal of action and escapades!

Irene continues to be an amazing protagonist, and both Vale and Kai are still great secondary characters, although their screentime is more limited. I continue to love Coppelia, and in this book I also fell in love with Ao Shun and Zayanna.

The book ends with a mild cliffhanger, as we wait to see the ramifications of Irene's actions, so I can't wait to read the next book in the series!

thehutonfowlslegs's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

katiereadsandedits's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

toc's review against another edition

3.0

See my review of The Mortal Word.

grumpachu's review against another edition

3.0

I didn't enjoy this as much as the first one and felt it dragged a bit in the middle.

megareads42's review against another edition

3.0

Ok, I put down the first book in this series just itching to read the second one. Now that I've done it, I feel like the second one must just be a bridge to get to the third one. Didn't love it. I did appreciate that there was more exposition and some stronger world building. But where's my arch-villain that was so heavily teased in the end of the first book? Also thought the author was a little free-wheeling with the whole 'Library language' thing towards the end. Got a problem? Just shout a solution. Didn't seem to jibe with how it was used (or not used) in the first book. I will read the third one, but mostly because I'm hoping to get some answers to questions raised in the first book.