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kittyg 's review for:
City of Kings
by Rob J. Hayes
I was super excited to pick this book up after having read other books by this author and knowing I enjoyed the world. This is set following some of the characters from the Ties That Bind series but there's also some overlap with the Where Loyalties Lie books in terms of timeline and characters. However despite that you can start with this book and it will more than likely make sense as a first book. You'll just more from it if you have read the previous ones.
This story follows a siege and conquer of a city where the last Blooded are hiding. The city is surrounded by Rose and the Black Thorn and their army. However, even though they have the numbers everyone knows the fortress they surround is the best in the world for defense and trying to conquer those within will be a big job.
Rose and Thorn are characters I've net before so I liked following their story as it continued. Along the way you get to know Rose and Thorn a little better, along with their comrades like Pug, Henry, Anders and more. I think that this book is a little brief on characterisation as it's pretty short, but what there is worked well.
Overall, this was a fun story with some pretty dark attempts to seize the fortress and many changes of direction. It's a simple idea for a story but it works and it has heart and it's brutal throughout. 4*s from me.
This story follows a siege and conquer of a city where the last Blooded are hiding. The city is surrounded by Rose and the Black Thorn and their army. However, even though they have the numbers everyone knows the fortress they surround is the best in the world for defense and trying to conquer those within will be a big job.
Rose and Thorn are characters I've net before so I liked following their story as it continued. Along the way you get to know Rose and Thorn a little better, along with their comrades like Pug, Henry, Anders and more. I think that this book is a little brief on characterisation as it's pretty short, but what there is worked well.
Overall, this was a fun story with some pretty dark attempts to seize the fortress and many changes of direction. It's a simple idea for a story but it works and it has heart and it's brutal throughout. 4*s from me.