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City of Gods and Monsters by Kayla Edwards

3 reviews

bookaholic84's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

This book pulled me in from the start. I loved it, the world building was great, the characters were brilliant. The twists were fantastic and the whole plot kept me guessing.  Was not expecting the ending at all so it has needed on a cliff hanger but not one where I’m immediately downloading/purchasing book two, though I have added it to my tbr 

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hapalyn's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious slow-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

This book is LONG, slow, and sometimes redundant.

I wish I read Crescent City after this, because I think it is really evident (if you’ve read both) that CC has worse worldbuilding, and it was unfair to colpare this book to that. I do love an urban fantasy, so this was fun.

Really long, sometimes slow, I would recommend this to people who can enjoy that the way that I can.

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elntastic's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I could not put this book down! I loved the world building and the story line. But most of all I loved Darien and his character development. 

His growing love for Loren is written like a dream. The only things I didn’t like were that the main focus was on the romantic relationship and not as much on the plot. I also found it hard to believe how quickly Loren healed in the end even though she was covered in bruises and scrapes and almost drowned…I also didn’t understand why the Widow said that she would die if she used her power but then ends up being absolutely fine after having used it. 

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