Readers tend to love stories about assassins and we read books from the perspective of the assassin. However, the main reason why it’s so different is that this book is more of a mystery let’s call it whodunit fantasy. The book also wasn’t completely character-driven the way I like it, but I found it a good balance between plot and character-driven with the plot being the central focus. The reason it’s different is that there are almost no magic or magical creatures here. Now that I’ve read it, I have to agree with them that this is a great debut, but at the same time, it’s certainly different from my usual fantasy read. Other than that, I seriously knew nothing about the book except the fact that two of my favorite authors of all time-John Gwynne & Robin Hobb-have already praised this debut. The main difference though is that I’ve waited for this one for so much longer than The Poppy War since last September to be exact, when the cover was first revealed. Yes, I’m a sucker for a book with great cover art and I’m not ashamed of it. Kuang-I was intrigued by this one because of the amazing cover. For the same reason as one of my most anticipated debuts of the year-The Poppy War by R.F. ARC provided by the publisher-Tor-in exchange for an honest review.Īn alluring debut imbued with a perpetual threat of lies and treachery.Ĭity of Lies is Sam Hawke’s debut novel and the first book in the Poison Wars series.
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