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December BoTM: "The City of Brass" by S. A. Chakraborty
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4/12/17
Oh, how I loved this book! Over the past few weeks, I've been hearing so many great things about it, so I was very excited to receive an ARC in my Illumicrate box:) I decided to pick it up right away and I can only urge you to do the same, because it's so good! From the first page until the very last, this book is filled with the most vivid detailed descriptions, and I loved the characters, their different backgrounds and the politics and intrigue. I have high hopes for the sequel, as thi ...more
Oh, how I loved this book! Over the past few weeks, I've been hearing so many great things about it, so I was very excited to receive an ARC in my Illumicrate box:) I decided to pick it up right away and I can only urge you to do the same, because it's so good! From the first page until the very last, this book is filled with the most vivid detailed descriptions, and I loved the characters, their different backgrounds and the politics and intrigue. I have high hopes for the sequel, as thi ...more
i absolutely fell in love with this story and this writing. i’m not really sure where to start.
i love our main three characters nahri, dara & ali. ali took me a while to warm up to probably about halfway through the book i realised that i did care for him and liked his friendship with nahri. however, nahri and dara are the reason i fell in love with this story straightaway from their dynamic to them being individual characters.
we start the book of with nahri who accidentally summons dara and it ...more
i love our main three characters nahri, dara & ali. ali took me a while to warm up to probably about halfway through the book i realised that i did care for him and liked his friendship with nahri. however, nahri and dara are the reason i fell in love with this story straightaway from their dynamic to them being individual characters.
we start the book of with nahri who accidentally summons dara and it ...more
Alizayd al Qahtani, you have my heart.....
Here’s the thing: I rarely give a book 1 star.
Is that a sign of a problematic rating system? Maybe. But there’s usually at least one thing in a book that saves it from descending into 1-star territory – be it a character, or a subplot, or a single piece of dialogue that’s enough for me to say, “huh. It doesn’t work for me, and I’ll never reread it, but at least there’s some aspect to it to warrant being deemed it was okay.”
I bring that up to preface my rating for The City of Brass: I couldn’t no ...more
Is that a sign of a problematic rating system? Maybe. But there’s usually at least one thing in a book that saves it from descending into 1-star territory – be it a character, or a subplot, or a single piece of dialogue that’s enough for me to say, “huh. It doesn’t work for me, and I’ll never reread it, but at least there’s some aspect to it to warrant being deemed it was okay.”
I bring that up to preface my rating for The City of Brass: I couldn’t no ...more
I liked this but I spoiled myself for who she ends up with and I hate the pairing soooo🤷🏻♀️😂
Dec 22, 2017
Isadora
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Vernie♡
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Jun 29, 2018
Aspen (Skeleton Leaf Reviews)
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Tiffany
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Mel
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