M Is For Awesome reviewed City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett (Divine Cities, #2)
A generation ago, the city of Voortyashtan was the stronghold of the god of war …
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3 stars
The world of the "City of" books is just amazing - three dimensional, grim, full of sly humour. This wasn't quite as good, perhaps, as City of Stairs but I am torn - the ending of the first book was far more hopeful. While far from nihilistic, the ending of this one leaves Saypur in a darker place.