The City of Brass

The City of Brass is certainly unique as far as the setting is concerned, and that is by far its strongest selling point. The author put a lot of effort into this world and it shows.

The plot and the characters' development seemed weirdly at odds with each other. The romantic relationship between two of the major characters is poorly set up, about as healthy of a relationship as in 50 Shades of Grey, and keeps ruining the otherwise totally serviceable plot of political scheming among immortal djinn.

The prose is decent, with some excellent lines of dialogue here and there, but nothing that keeps you engaged on its own.

I won't continue this series, but I'd still call my time with this book well spent.