pickfantastical & mystical I picked this up as i needed ‘a book about a city‘ & it was recommended. It‘s a special, beautiful odd book. A story about a demon who claims a city for her own, growing it over decades & blessing or cursing its people & what happen when it is destroyed by 3 angels - one of whom she curses in her rage. As she mourns & grieves & remembers, the angel returns to her over decades as she (they) build the city once more. ⬇️
so-soAnother book where the packaging is even better than the contents within. The premise of this one is fantastic—a demon has mothered/raised/built the city of Azril & then one day, four angels come & destroy it & its population. Furious & mad with grief, the demon curses the angel locking them into a cycle of grief, recrimination, obsession & more. Unfortunately, the character development & plot weren‘t as good as the premise.
In this new standalone novel, Hugo Award-winning author Nghi Vo introduces a beguiling fantasy city in the tradition of Calvino, Mieville, and Le Guin.
A demon. An angel. A city.
The demon Vitrine—immortal, powerful, and capricious—loves the dazzling city of Azril. She has mothered, married, and maddened the city and its people for generations, and built it into a place of joy and desire, revelry and riot.
My #aardvarkbookclub picks for October! They surprised us with another signed book - My Vampire Plus-One is signed. It's also their 2 year anniversary, so in celebration, the box will also include an acrylic holographic bookmark.
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