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A review by tinkygirl
City of Broken Magic by Mirah Bolender
2.0
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advanced copy of the book. Laura is an apprentice "sweeper" to stoic Clae. As they try to clean up magical infestations of monsters from the city, they also have to deal with a government trying to cover up that these infestations actually exist.
The cover of this book had me thinking this was going to be a noir fantasy, but this was definitely not noir. It was set in some sort of Victorian, Tolkienesque world that could have been Steampunk but wasn't. Laura was constantly stating what an independent woman she was, stifled by the times. With the next breath she was trying to win approval of her mentor Clae, who was telling her who he would disapprove of her dating. Ew. The story had some interesting aspects to it, but was too drawn out for my liking.
The cover of this book had me thinking this was going to be a noir fantasy, but this was definitely not noir. It was set in some sort of Victorian, Tolkienesque world that could have been Steampunk but wasn't. Laura was constantly stating what an independent woman she was, stifled by the times. With the next breath she was trying to win approval of her mentor Clae, who was telling her who he would disapprove of her dating. Ew. The story had some interesting aspects to it, but was too drawn out for my liking.