A review by kaylawhite17
City in Embers by Stacey Marie Brown

3.0

This is a solid 3.5 stars. I enjoyed the storyline overall but the first 1/2 drug on and on and on. There was way too much wandering around without any real purpose to what they were doing. The city is destroyed, she has this fae guy's powers, and they literally have no plans. I was sure Ryker had some sort of connections but nope. There was no plan for a million years.

I also felt like there were way too many coincidences. Like magically she decides to go to Daniel's apartment. Then she magically takes the one book she needs. Then she figures out the code. Then Daniel knows a guy who can tell them where the key was from.

I did appreciate the when Zoey got kidnapped because it finally started to move the story along! I enjoyed her bloodthirsty fighter side! I also loved how Ryder didn't give a shit she almost killed someone. He was just cool with it.

I can't wait to find out more about Zoey in the next book and what it means for her future to be an experiment. I also find it interesting Ryker is concerned about his powers choosing her.
I did feel like a lot of the book read too much like Savage Lands.

I was so annoyed by the talking monkey. I hated his character.