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A review by jennybeastie
City of Islands by Kali Wallace
2.0
I'm not sure why this book didn't do much for me. Singing magic in a post-mer world is a pretty compelling set-up, but I think the sheer amount of neglect and abuse of children really bothered me. In some ways that's the point, and I know there are pearl diving children in the world right now who are living Mara's life, but I found that appalling, and I found her frustrating as a character and I thought the all-tied-up-in-a-bow ending was not believable. The adults in this book are pretty uniformly horrible, and the magic can't make up for that.
Advanced reader's copy provided by Edelweiss.
Advanced reader's copy provided by Edelweiss.