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A review by mackle13
The White City by Elizabeth Bear
4.0
3.5
I think this is my favorite in the series so far.
We flit between two time periods in this story, 1897 and 1903, both in Moscow, and both about murders surrounding a woman named Irina.
My favorite part of this story is that we see more of Jack and his and Sebastian's relationship, which also gives more depth to Sebastian than some of what we've seen before. They definitely have an interesting and complicated relationship.
It was also nice to see more of Abbey Irene still active as a detective, though Phoebe seemed pretty ancillary to the story.
And it was definitely interesting to meet
This story has one of the largest senses of closure, as many of the other stories feel a bit too brief and end on notes of wondering what's coming next. While there is still some of that, I appreciated that it felt more contained than some of the other stories.
I think this is my favorite in the series so far.
We flit between two time periods in this story, 1897 and 1903, both in Moscow, and both about murders surrounding a woman named Irina.
My favorite part of this story is that we see more of Jack and his and Sebastian's relationship, which also gives more depth to Sebastian than some of what we've seen before. They definitely have an interesting and complicated relationship.
It was also nice to see more of Abbey Irene still active as a detective, though Phoebe seemed pretty ancillary to the story.
And it was definitely interesting to meet
Spoiler
a wampyr even older than Sebastian.This story has one of the largest senses of closure, as many of the other stories feel a bit too brief and end on notes of wondering what's coming next. While there is still some of that, I appreciated that it felt more contained than some of the other stories.