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A review by mabookyard
City of Broken Magic by Mirah Bolender
3.0
My Rating : 2.75๐
An infestation that can eat magic. Sweepers(Non-magic humans) who die before they finish their training to kill the infestations. And now the last set of sweepers stand between the city and a massive infestation that threatens the whole city.
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First of all, I love the concept of how the world was set. It definitely paved way to the ending smoothly. Second, I loved the character Clay! He is the only character I ended up loving in the whole book. Amazing mixture of sarcasm, sass, authority yet has a soft spot deep down.
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I read the blurb of the story and imagined Laura would be only one alive to fight all the infestations, and kept looking forward to the death of all the others sweepers. Second, the world building was in such a way that you get confused after a point of time as to why certain things are happening. I would say the major let down for me was the repetitive scenes with how the infestations work. For almost 70% of the book Laura was just as clueless as you are, and acts as a shadow behind Clay ( The head Guy). And then suddenly she is the only one left to save the city with just 20% left in the book.
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I would have liked to have some more build up to the ending. It happened s fast that you donโt get to understand what is happening unless you read very slow. I felt that few scenes could have been a lot less detailed to pave way for a good path to the ending. If you are a fan of magic systems, complicated characters, good friendship and a good ending , try this book.
*I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review*
An infestation that can eat magic. Sweepers(Non-magic humans) who die before they finish their training to kill the infestations. And now the last set of sweepers stand between the city and a massive infestation that threatens the whole city.
.
First of all, I love the concept of how the world was set. It definitely paved way to the ending smoothly. Second, I loved the character Clay! He is the only character I ended up loving in the whole book. Amazing mixture of sarcasm, sass, authority yet has a soft spot deep down.
.
I read the blurb of the story and imagined Laura would be only one alive to fight all the infestations, and kept looking forward to the death of all the others sweepers. Second, the world building was in such a way that you get confused after a point of time as to why certain things are happening. I would say the major let down for me was the repetitive scenes with how the infestations work. For almost 70% of the book Laura was just as clueless as you are, and acts as a shadow behind Clay ( The head Guy). And then suddenly she is the only one left to save the city with just 20% left in the book.
.
I would have liked to have some more build up to the ending. It happened s fast that you donโt get to understand what is happening unless you read very slow. I felt that few scenes could have been a lot less detailed to pave way for a good path to the ending. If you are a fan of magic systems, complicated characters, good friendship and a good ending , try this book.
*I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review*