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A review by peterkeep
City of Miracles by Robert Jackson Bennett
5.0
Robert Jackson Bennett closes out his trilogy with a really great conclusion. The characters, old and new, are so good. We follow Sigrud around most of the time, but we get to see a bit of Shara and Turyin (not much of either, but enough of both) as well. The new faces are really great as well.
I love the plot. Sigrud on a full blown revenge/murder mission is just perfect. I won't spoil much, but there's a big happening in the very beginning of the book that sets the rest of the story up. It feels pretty natural, and there are plenty of small twists and turns along the way. As with the other two books in this trilogy, the Divine plays a pretty big part in all of it, and RJB does an excellent job handling that.
This series has been really cool in its shift for each book. It's almost like Max Gladstone's Craft Sequence in that aspect. Each book has new characters with a new plot. Even the way they handle some of the "magic" or "divine" seems a bit similar in feel. They're definitely not copycats of each other, but they've both become some of my favorite authors and their series have become some of my favorites for all the same reasons. They're creative. They're structured. They have great leading characters. Each book is a fresh take on a new issue. It's all around really fun to see these types of stories being written.
I love the plot. Sigrud on a full blown revenge/murder mission is just perfect. I won't spoil much, but there's a big happening in the very beginning of the book that sets the rest of the story up. It feels pretty natural, and there are plenty of small twists and turns along the way. As with the other two books in this trilogy, the Divine plays a pretty big part in all of it, and RJB does an excellent job handling that.
This series has been really cool in its shift for each book. It's almost like Max Gladstone's Craft Sequence in that aspect. Each book has new characters with a new plot. Even the way they handle some of the "magic" or "divine" seems a bit similar in feel. They're definitely not copycats of each other, but they've both become some of my favorite authors and their series have become some of my favorites for all the same reasons. They're creative. They're structured. They have great leading characters. Each book is a fresh take on a new issue. It's all around really fun to see these types of stories being written.