A review by pip94
City of Lies by Sam Hawke

3.0

This was a good introduction to this new fantasy series. I liked that these characters specialised in poison but they are not assassins - their job is protect against poison, not poisoning others. I've not really seen this in other books and liked that aspect of it. Although I enjoyed the plot overall, I found this quite a slow read and it dragged in places. My main issue with this one though was that I wasn't invested in the characters. I can't really put my finger on why but something about them just didn't quite click with me. The world building was good, if a little lacking at times. Overall I enjoyed this and I would recommend checking it out, if especially if you are a big fantasy reader.