The City We Became

Ok I LOVE N.K. Jemisin. Her Broken Earth series is literally one of my favorite sci-fi/fantasy series! Jemisin does SUCH an incredible job weaving real, political and social issues, into a fantastical world with magic and monsters. She expertly uses her mastery of language and world-building to create really strong character-driven stories that send out a message very applicable to real life.

That being said, Jemisin brings her quirky and unique writing-style into her new series, the City We Became. Each character is expertly nuanced and very, very politically inspired (if queerness and POC protagonists isn't your thing, maybe skip this one — and skip my page while you're at it ).

I did feel like Jemisin worked so hard to create really amazing and nuanced characters that the plot was kind of....meh. To be honest, in all 400+ pages of this, it didn't feel like a whole lot HAPPENED, you know? Like yes, obviously stuff was happening but it didn't feel like there was that much of a plot, just a lot of character and tension-building— which isn't a bad thing at all! It might just mean that she's building up the plot for the next book in the series! Still highly highly recommend this read.