![]() What made the sequel work so well for me is that the main character dominating the narrative is not someone new but one who I am already invested in from the first book. The political landscape has progressed, and the characters whom we have met in the earlier book have moved on with their lives. By now, it appears to me that each book is like a stand-alone in a series with a fairly significant time-jump in between. ![]() Then again, City of Blades does not feel like a middle book because the previous story in City of Stairs is self-contained and had its resolution. It is a rare occasion that a middle book makes it into my favourites shelf, and to think I’ve almost decided to put aside reading The Divine Cities. Published: 26th January 2016 by Broadway Books (US) & 7th January 2016 by Jo Fletcher Books (UK)Ĭity of Blades was one of the best sequels I’ve read it has everything I could ask for that expands upon an already fantastic start to a trilogy. ![]() Genre: Urban fantasy, fantasy, post-apocalyptic ![]()
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