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A review by xxivo
City of Vicious Night by Claire Winn
adventurous
challenging
dark
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
I received an eARC of this book through Netgalley and here is my honest review.
I would say that this book is characterized by big character growth by all of them. The way the previous book ended had a lot to do with each their own flaws. During this sequel all of them are forced to acknowledge that that behavior is doing more harm than anything good and are forced to grow from that.
The book was split between the story of the crew and Ty who was taken far away. As said in my previous books review I absolutely love Ty as a character and it was so so sad for me to see where he ended up. The way he kept being strong though, gave me so much warmth, it was the best.
The crew themselves take on this new quest aiming to potentially become a matriarch in the city of Requiem. This brings a lot of awesome high tension action scenes and kept me on the edge of my seat for about the whole book.
This wasn't the only plot point going against them and this plot around their saboteur was so so great. It gave me plot twists I never saw coming and blew my mind multiple times.
With Asa's father not standing down either and making things even more difficult for them, it really felt like the whole world was against the crew I loved so much. This altogether made it so that there was always something happening without them having a moment to rest. This maybe sounds like there was way too much going on in the book but it absolutely never felt like that at all. All the threats wove together really well and made for a great story.
Someone who was a threat before but shifted their allegiance was Banshee or better Yllath, which was a story I greatly enjoyed a lot too. I totally understand their anger, but from the previous book already I hoped them and the crew might get on to work together. In the end for both of them one of their biggest enemies is Asa's father. In this book a lot already happened, and I'm very excited to see where this continues in the next book.
I would say that this book is characterized by big character growth by all of them. The way the previous book ended had a lot to do with each their own flaws. During this sequel all of them are forced to acknowledge that that behavior is doing more harm than anything good and are forced to grow from that.
The book was split between the story of the crew and Ty who was taken far away. As said in my previous books review I absolutely love Ty as a character and it was so so sad for me to see where he ended up. The way he kept being strong though, gave me so much warmth, it was the best.
The crew themselves take on this new quest aiming to potentially become a matriarch in the city of Requiem. This brings a lot of awesome high tension action scenes and kept me on the edge of my seat for about the whole book.
This wasn't the only plot point going against them and this plot around their saboteur was so so great. It gave me plot twists I never saw coming and blew my mind multiple times.
With Asa's father not standing down either and making things even more difficult for them, it really felt like the whole world was against the crew I loved so much. This altogether made it so that there was always something happening without them having a moment to rest. This maybe sounds like there was way too much going on in the book but it absolutely never felt like that at all. All the threats wove together really well and made for a great story.
Someone who was a threat before but shifted their allegiance was Banshee or better Yllath, which was a story I greatly enjoyed a lot too. I totally understand their anger, but from the previous book already I hoped them and the crew might get on to work together. In the end for both of them one of their biggest enemies is Asa's father. In this book a lot already happened, and I'm very excited to see where this continues in the next book.