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Jade City by Fonda Lee

247 reviews

daffodill37's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

(Audio)
The first half of this book is filled with world building, character and relationship building and political intrigue. It caught my attention quickly and I burned through this book fast.
The second half of the book was harder for me because there was a lot of death and sadness. Keep that in mind if you're a mood reader.
I really love when a book has a large cast of characters and even better that those characters are written deep-we get a really good sense of who they are and what motivates them. Our author did that really well in this one.
I'm interested to see what comes next for the clans and for Anden, in particular. KEEP MY BOY SAFE AND HAPPY PLEASE.

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astheravenreads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional 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: Complicated

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bookishmillennial's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

disclaimer: I don’t really give starred reviews. I hope my reviews provide enough information to let you know if a book is for you or not. Find me here: https://linktr.ee/bookishmillennial

How do I begin to write a review for this magnificent beginning of the urban fantasy of my dreams!?

Read if you find yourself pulled towards:
-urban high fantasy
-the vibes of Peaky Blinders, The Godfather, Gangs of London, The Originals (also… if you liked Arcane, you’ll like this, I’m 99.9% certain🥹)
-clan warfare (No Peak & Mountain clans take center stage here)
-politics! So! Much! Politics!
-immersive, expansive, and atmospheric world-building (loved learning about the jade magic system)
-character-driven, exposition-heavy first books in a series (I loved getting to know these characters, but I think Anden & Shae stood out to me the most. I also don’t mind when there is a lot of info-dumping in a first book)
-BUT still has plenty of action-packed combat scenes (we love the showcasing of martial arts!)
-themes of familial loyalty, honor, & high-tension power dynamics

My friend @hyperfixatedreader convinced me to read this and here is her review of the series: https://www.instagram.com/p/DBgh1G8AFj-/?img_index=1

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elenikin's review

4.25

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Definitely a well written story, but the focus was by far gang/clan politics instead of the "magic" of the jade. I did find the bioenergy of Jade to be really interesting, and it was intertwined with the clans and culture, which was cool. But I guess I didn't realize initially that it ultimately was more of a clan vs clan (aka Mafia style) story. Again, very well written and once I got to know the main characters in the Kaul family, it became more interesting, but less fantasy than I was initially expecting. Regardless, I am still going to continue the series, as it is intriguing!

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gauriraut's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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katrinarose's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark tense 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: Yes

I really enjoyed the premise and liked the characters a lot but something still just fell a little flat for me. I think it was the writing - it wasn’t that great and I felt it didn’t do the story justice. For such an interesting world and characters, it should have hooked me more, but because I am invested in the story, I will continue the series, especially hearing such great things about how the trilogy finishes.

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