Rating: 3/5 stars

Category: Fantasy, Romance, Action, Adult

Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton

Pages: 543

Trigger: Abuse, Murder

Hello Readers, welcome back to my blog.

Happy new month everyone. We are so close to Christmas now. Has anyone started preparations yet? I’ve started thinking about decorations at least because my eldest is now four so she is aware of the changes, I want to make it great for her as am sure most parents want for their children, a good legacy to pass on. The characters in this book that we will look at have great legacies and they are all about families as well as cool spooky powers.

SYNOPSIS

The Four Realms—Life, Death, Light, and Darkness—all converge on the city of dusk. For each realm there is a god, and for each god there is an heir.

But the gods have withdrawn their favor from the once vibrant and thriving city. And without it, all the realms are dying.

Unwilling to stand by and watch the destruction, the four heirs—Risha, a necromancer struggling to keep the peace; Angelica, an elementalist with her eyes set on the throne; Taesia, a shadow-wielding rogue with rebellion in her heart; and Nik, a soldier who struggles to see the light— will sacrifice everything to save the city.

But their defiance will cost them dearly.

Set in a gorgeous world of bone and shadow magic, of vengeful gods and defiant chosen ones, The City of Dusk is the first in a dark epic fantasy trilogy that follows the four heirs of four noble houses—each gifted with a divine power—as they form a tenuous alliance to keep their kingdom from descending into a realm-shattering war.

Review

The writing is quiet dense as expected of some adult genres so it took me a while to get into the story and stay invested till the end. My favourite character was Taesia; she is like a typical middle child. She loves her freedom and dares to do anything but this also makes her reckless. The magic system is not complicated to understand and new information on the system is explained as it comes up during the course of the plot which makes it easy to follow.

The introduction to this world is a little boring and made me uninterested in the universe. We read from multiple POVs which paints a holistic view of the characters and helps with the plot progression. The characters are really the glue of the story, they keep you interested and wanting to find out more. The story is divided into four parts and they flowed from one to the other without any awkward pauses or confusing jumps.

I am looking forward to the second instalment. I gave 3 out of 5 stars because I felt like it was hard for me to stay focused on the story as  explained earlier, I know this was partly due to my schedule and general business but the story didn’t keep me captivated although I loved the writing and the concept. Thank God for Taesia, I was interested in her which is why I finished the book and would want to read the second one.

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