![]() ![]() The result is a thoroughly satisfying series send-off. Bolender’s tightly woven plot and intricate magic system carry the momentum to a riveting climax. ![]() News that Amicae’s closest neighbor has been overtaken by monsters comes on the heels of a rumor that the Hive Mind, an old enemy, is on the move, forcing Laura to make an impossible decision to protect the citizens of Amicae. In this world, the main characters, called Sweepers, function like the people in an old British series called. ![]() Amicae, City of Sweepers, survived the Falling Infestation which nearly destroyed it thanks to the efforts of Laura and Okane. This review may contain mild spoilers for the first book, City of Broken Magic. The Monstrous Citadel is the sequel to Mirah Bolender's City of Broken Magic a fast-paced, adventure fantasy where a bomb squad defuses the magic weapons of a long forgotten war. The action picks up when a series of infestations are linked back to the Mad Dogs, and Bolender uses the resulting conflict to dig deep into the complexities of the magic system and the urgent social conflicts that see the Sweepers caught between criminal mobs and the corrupt city council. 2019’s The Monstrous Citadel is the second book in Mirah Bolender’s fantasy trilogy THE CHRONICLES OF AMICAE. While the other cities of Terual battle an increasing number of infestations-monsters that emerge from broken magical amulets-Amicae remains unsettlingly quiet, and much of the early conflict revolves around the Rexians’ struggles to adjust to its culture and the Mad Dogs mob’s efforts to recruit Laura. Sweepers Laura Kramer and Okane Sinclair reunite with their Rexian allies, Zelda and Ivo, when the pair arrive in Amicae seeking asylum. Bolender brings her Chronicles of Amicae trilogy to a thrilling close in this follow-up to The Monstrous Citadel. ![]()
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