The City of Brass

The only thing going for this novel is the nice cover. That's it. You get the beginnings of “just okay” world building which quickly become something like ‘baby's first historical fantasy' level of cringe, characters who are not well-fleshed out and are just plain boring, and a plot that limped along ... ugh. So disappointing and frustrating.

I agree with lots of others who mentioned that this is YA fantasy masquerading as adult fantasy. All the angst, eye-rolling cringe, and even the love triangle is all there. I love me some YA but don't freaking mislead!!