A review by hopearianna
City of Ruin by Charissa Weaks

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Way too much smut in this book for my taste. I might not have minded as much if I was in the mood for it, but I wanted more of a fantasy plot out of this. It definitely fell into that 2nd book trope of so much time being spent “traveling.” Could’ve had a lot more planning or strategy from the crew toward the actual plot. Really interesting world, gods, etc. that I would’ve loved to seen explored more, especially since a lot of the book was taken up by smut rather than world or plot building. The best part of the book was the last chapter, which might have motivated me to read the next book in the series since I wasn’t sure if I would continue.
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