A review by ryanboros
Jade City by Fonda Lee

4.0

I'm not a big fan of gangster in American culture. Without going too far into it, its weird to idolize gangsters for honor and code when they terrorize communities with crime. Having said that, I enjoyed Jade City. I wasn't a huge fan of Hilo since he fit that kind prototypical brutal thug mob guy. The other characters were really compelling. Lan, Shae, Anden, Wen were all interesting and well developed. The world of the Green Bones was really cool and felt real. Its one of those little details, but I was amazed that Fonda had her own models of cars and one could kind of visualize how they looked. I can't recall another story that had its own fantasy automobiles. I liked the jade powers, the martial arts, the mythology. It was different and enjoyable. Looking forward to the next book.