A review by tasharobinson
The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard

4.0

This heavily gothy fantasy about a post-apocalyptic Paris ruled by fallen angels took me a while to get into, because the POV roams enough that it's initially hard to get a sense for any of the characters. But I enjoyed the elaborate setting and the creative world-building enough to get absorbed into it. And I especially appreciated that no matter how outsized the fantasy about angels and magic, the story really came down to intrigue, opportunism, and other recognizably human motivations and intentions.

Full review for NPR here.