Review Praise for City of Blades: "Does City of Blades live up to the Locus, World Fantasy, British Fantasy and GoodReads Choice Award nominated City of Stairs? Allow me to answer with an emphatic yes. Bennett is one of the most talented authors writing in SFF today and this is his finest work to date." --Fantasy Faction "Just as powerful as the first, and even stronger in significant ways...among the best novels of 2016." --SF Signal "Does everything a really good sequel should...if anything, it's a better book than its predecessor." --Tor.com "Not only recaptures the flame of the first book, but also maybe burns a little brighter." --SFF World About the Author ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but grew up in Katy, Texas. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and, like a lot of its alumni, was unable to leave the charms of the city. He resides there currently with his wife and children.
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Brilliant epilogue to the trilogy of " Divine Cities ".
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Mystery, spies, magic, and an elaborate, fascinating world: I found the books in this series an irresistible combination
City of Miracles continues the story from the first two books, while having a plot all its own. This one features Shara Thivani's secretary/bodyguard, and I really enjoyed how it continued to develop his personality from the big burly taciturn hulk as he appeared at the beginning of the series.One of the nicer things about The Divine Cities novels is that each is a self-contained story, each focusing on a different main character. While I definitely recommend reading the books in order -- because a lot of important worldbuilding and character backstory takes place especially in the first, and somewhat in the second novel -- each book provides a satisfying ending which does not leave the reader hanging.There are more mysteries yet to be known about Bulikov, the city of miracles, and Sigrud proceeds to unravel them even as he seeks retribution for Shara's apparent assassination.Is this the end of stories about the Divine Cities? The author has created a satisfying ending to the series without unraveling all the secrets of the Divines, and has left the characters in a place where there is potential for future adventures, should he decide to pursue writing them.I had City of Stairs and City of Blades on my Hugo nomination ballot for the years they were published, and City of Miracles will certainly be on my ballot for Best Novel, and Best Series, next year.Mystery, spies, magic, and an elaborate, fascinating world: I found the books in this series an irresistible combination – one that kept me up at night when I should have been getting sleep for work the next day.
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