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essenkay's review against another edition
5.0
The Fifth City is the second book of the Arcera Trilogy. If you haven't read Meadowcity I highly suggest you do that. Now! You should purchase The Fifth City, however, because you'll want to continue once you've finished.
This story has elements of Hunger Games, Maze Runner and even Harry Potter, yet it feels wholly original. It pulled me in from the very start. Delton's description of characters and settings creates a vivid and lasting impression of the world of Arcera.
As when I finished Meadowcity, finishing The Fifth City left me wishing the book hadn't ended. I will be excitedly awaiting the release of the final installment of this trilogy!
This story has elements of Hunger Games, Maze Runner and even Harry Potter, yet it feels wholly original. It pulled me in from the very start. Delton's description of characters and settings creates a vivid and lasting impression of the world of Arcera.
As when I finished Meadowcity, finishing The Fifth City left me wishing the book hadn't ended. I will be excitedly awaiting the release of the final installment of this trilogy!
hlburke's review
4.0
I received a free copy in return for my honest review. All opinions stated are my own.
I really enjoyed book one in this series so I jumped at a chance to read the second. This book really made me want to live in it in places ... actually, all the Seascape Trials had me thinking, "Dang, this would be an awesome adventure game. I would so play the heck out of this if it were an adventure game." (seriously if you know any game developers, give them a heads up)
The book is more scifi than fantasy, though set for the most part in a very low tech world, the sections in the more advanced Fifth City were generally my favorite parts, also partially because while the other characters are fine, Sylvia has the most life in her as far as characters go and it was nice to see her taking on the challenges and finding her way around. She approached them in an optimistic but determined manner I liked.
My one slight complaint wouldn't be a problem at all except I think the blurb led me to anticipate something really scary from the "darkest secret" bit and I had sort of this aching "I bet this society is really really evil behind all this charade" tension built up, and when we found out about it, it really wasn't that dark, intriguing and opening a lot of new possibilities, but as presented, not particularly dark.
I really enjoyed book one in this series so I jumped at a chance to read the second. This book really made me want to live in it in places ... actually, all the Seascape Trials had me thinking, "Dang, this would be an awesome adventure game. I would so play the heck out of this if it were an adventure game." (seriously if you know any game developers, give them a heads up)
The book is more scifi than fantasy, though set for the most part in a very low tech world, the sections in the more advanced Fifth City were generally my favorite parts, also partially because while the other characters are fine, Sylvia has the most life in her as far as characters go and it was nice to see her taking on the challenges and finding her way around. She approached them in an optimistic but determined manner I liked.
My one slight complaint wouldn't be a problem at all except I think the blurb led me to anticipate something really scary from the "darkest secret" bit and I had sort of this aching "I bet this society is really really evil behind all this charade" tension built up, and when we found out about it, it really wasn't that dark, intriguing and opening a lot of new possibilities, but as presented, not particularly dark.
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