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A review by chromatick
City of Broken Magic by Mirah Bolender
2.0
Meh. 2.5 stars
It's always a bummer when the book blurb makes a novel seem like it's going to be one thing and then you read it and it's not. I was expecting a really cool story about an elite "bomb" squad dealing with magical infestations. What I got was a slow, boring book with annoying and lifeless characters. I also got a lot of info dumps.
The world-building was actually not too bad, although again...too many info dumps.
I don't know what else to say. I really wanted to like this book. Can't imagine I will read the next book in the series.
It's always a bummer when the book blurb makes a novel seem like it's going to be one thing and then you read it and it's not. I was expecting a really cool story about an elite "bomb" squad dealing with magical infestations. What I got was a slow, boring book with annoying and lifeless characters. I also got a lot of info dumps.
The world-building was actually not too bad, although again...too many info dumps.
I don't know what else to say. I really wanted to like this book. Can't imagine I will read the next book in the series.