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A review by triplzer0
The City Stained Red by Sam Sykes
4.0
Probably closer to 3.5 stars. I loved the beginning. I loved that we started with two characters in a relationship; it was different than the "will they, won't they" dynamic you see a lot of the time. Then that relationship kind of fell apart, so yeah...
The characters are the strong point here, especially when they're all in a group like they are in the beginning. But once the group gets into the city and they split up, things get muddled.
The pacing slows way down--despite their being a number of high-octane fight scenes. Problem is I had a real hard time figuring out who was fighting who and why.
This problem continued for the rest of the book, and then it kinda all just ended? I don't think there was a single mystery introduced in the opening chapters that had been resolved in any way.
Plus I found out early on that this series is a continuation of Sykes' earlier Aeon's Gate Trilogy. Things might have made more sense if I'd read those before.
The characters are the strong point here, especially when they're all in a group like they are in the beginning. But once the group gets into the city and they split up, things get muddled.
The pacing slows way down--despite their being a number of high-octane fight scenes. Problem is I had a real hard time figuring out who was fighting who and why.
This problem continued for the rest of the book, and then it kinda all just ended? I don't think there was a single mystery introduced in the opening chapters that had been resolved in any way.
Plus I found out early on that this series is a continuation of Sykes' earlier Aeon's Gate Trilogy. Things might have made more sense if I'd read those before.