Jade City

Jade City ..... how do i feel about Jade City.

I went in expecting Mafia with Magic, and i got that. i liked it. The story was unique and well thought out. and I liked the magic system.

Channel
Lightness
Strength
Steel
Deflection
Perception

A good magic system with limits and problems.
Characters were good, but sometimes felt a little one-sided.

CAWPILE SCORE
C-6
A-7
W-8
P-5
I-6
L-6
E-5
TOTAL-6.14/10

I wish that i had only had 2-3 characters instead of 5. the Beru Chapters felt too small and meaningless except for 1 chapter. He felt like extra setup for future books. however there was a scene implying he was killed, that was then "ha, nope" that was this other group doing the exact same thing.Half the time or more than half the time i was rooting for the mountain clan. They had a good plan, great possibilities, and everything they did was of more interest to me than anything the Kaul's did. Lan being a good peacetime pillar and not a wartime pillar was a good point to the story. also Shae coming back and putting on her jade again. The Final fight between Gont Asch and Hilo, felt like No Peak cheated, with Anden interfering in the fight.Kaul Sen and Doru actively manipulating their own clan to its downfall felt cheap and silly to me. while kaul Sen's personality about noone being good enough felt real.Also The College of Bioenergetic Material is the only "sciency" name given for Jade within the clan. I just found it weird that they would use a technical term they don't use at all for this one thing with jade instead of calling it the channelling school or something like that. I was really interested in Wen going into the Mountain Clan to spy. I was excited for that and then summarily disappointed that literally nothing came of it. maybe in future books.Anden's refusal to wear jade came as a surprise to me and i enjoyed it.

I will be talking about it on Libromancy 04/04/2021 https://libromancy.podbean.com/