A review by lizhasasthma
The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon

4.0

I decided to give this book a shot after really enjoying the world building and characters of The Bone Season but really disliking the romance between Paige and Warden, and I'm glad I did. The romance is still present but it doesn't hang over the narrative like a shadow as it did in the first book. This one spends more time with Paige and the gang she's in, a group of characters that I was really intrigued about and was disappointed we didn't get more of in the first book, and really sinks its teeth into the politics of the London underworld. I also thought it was well paced, and I finished it quite quickly considering how long the book is.