A review by elenap
Jade City by Fonda Lee

adventurous medium-paced

3.75

Finally dug into this famous series!

Right off the bat, I must say that I'm not into gang/mafia stories and paired with the slow beginning and the modern world almost made me dnf this. I was lucky I was part of a reading group and seeing all the other people excited about the middle and end got me through.

It was a different type of fantasy book for sure. Most of the book I didn't get particularly attached to any of the characters except for Anden

(well, I did like Lan, and it took me 3 chapters to understand that he really is dead, I was sure he's gonna get revived in some way)

and the pacing was a bit sloppy, but I will read the second book at some point later this year, especially since people have been saying that the series gets better with each book.

3.5-3.75, rounded to a 4, and I'm still salty about chapter 32.