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A review by eswee
Hollow Empire by Sam Hawke
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This sequel to City of Lies was even more enjoyable as it leaned a bit more to Adult, as the three main characters have grown older a couple of years. The pace of the story was the same (but reading it went faster), alternating between Jovan and Kalina. I again enjoyed this way of storytelling a lot.
Both are unraveling another threatening mystery within their country and city. There is a lot of politics (including bureaucracy) and conspiracy, a fair bit of action, poisoning and folklore magic and (what I always like best) is of course the "detectiving". While the end first makes you feel hollow and grieving, there is an open lightheartedness. I wasn't sure about this series before, but will probably end up reading every book that will be written after Hollow Empire.
Both are unraveling another threatening mystery within their country and city. There is a lot of politics (including bureaucracy) and conspiracy, a fair bit of action, poisoning and folklore magic and (what I always like best) is of course the "detectiving". While the end first makes you feel hollow and grieving, there is an open lightheartedness. I wasn't sure about this series before, but will probably end up reading every book that will be written after Hollow Empire.