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A review by theamyleblanc
City of Broken Magic by Mirah Bolender
3.0
I received a copy of this story from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
This book was okay. It didn't blow me away but it kept me interested enough to keep reading. Laura, Clae, and Okane are all lovely, unique characters. I'd be happy to bother Clae all day. But they weren't terribly compelling; I wasn't drawn in and invested in their individual stories.
The concept is definitely one of the more original ones I've read so props for that! But the mechanics of magic and how it all works were difficult to understand at times. I wrapped my head around enough of it that the story still worked but I felt like there were gaps in my understanding.
My biggest problem was the writing itself. So much of it felt like exposition. I would read parts and think, "I'm being told this to explain things that have or will happen." It was a lot of telling and not nearly enough showing.
While I did finish this book, I'm not sure I'd read the sequel.
This book was okay. It didn't blow me away but it kept me interested enough to keep reading. Laura, Clae, and Okane are all lovely, unique characters. I'd be happy to bother Clae all day. But they weren't terribly compelling; I wasn't drawn in and invested in their individual stories.
The concept is definitely one of the more original ones I've read so props for that! But the mechanics of magic and how it all works were difficult to understand at times. I wrapped my head around enough of it that the story still worked but I felt like there were gaps in my understanding.
My biggest problem was the writing itself. So much of it felt like exposition. I would read parts and think, "I'm being told this to explain things that have or will happen." It was a lot of telling and not nearly enough showing.
While I did finish this book, I'm not sure I'd read the sequel.