Jade City

Look, I read this like 5 books ago, in a mad dash rush to the end of the year, and I finished it New Years Eve. So it's been 10 days and yet, my hype for this series is still fresh like newly caught salmon at a fish market.

I fully expected to love the Green Bone Saga and I completely devoured this book. Jade City follows four siblings that are leaders in a crime family in the city of Janloon, where the magical substance Jade allows a select portion of the population enhanced capabilities. People commonly compare it to the Godfather, for obvious reasons. But for me.....it was like The Wire, my favorite show of all time. Only instead of being armed with the power of economics courses, Stringer Bell is armed with the power of Jade.

I could see some people thinking the book takes awhile to set up the dynamics of the book, but I was enthused from the get-go. I love these characters, and even the one I don't love, I understand. Lee writes such great sibling relationships, which is something that many people do not prioritize or do well in fantasy.

The magic is cool, and the world seems set to expand by the end of the book. The fight scenes are incredible, but this book is not a non-stop action book. It is primarily a political book, as rivalling crime families seek to avoid a war that has been brewing between them.

I give Jade City a 9.5/10 and I am super hyped to continue on with Jade War!