Loved itwhat i love most about ace of shades is the entire world and especially the very detailed magic system
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Ace of Shades (2018)
Others: Leaning negative Welcome to the City of Sin, where casino families reign, gangs infest the streets ... and secrets hide in every shadow.
- ISBN:
- 9781335692290
- Length:
- 384 pages
Genres: fantasy
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Loved it
MixedI didn't enjoy it quite as much as Daughter of the Burning City, but I did like that it was kind of a gritty fantastical version of Las Vegas.
Mixedoverall I did enjoy Ace of Shades and I'm excited to read the next book in the hopes that some of the issues I had with this are fixed SL some of the questions are answered but it fell a little flat for me which was disappointing because I had such high hopes going in
Not a fanthis one was just so underwhelming I liked her debut book which was daughter of the burning City didn't absolutely love it but I enjoyed it so I thought I'd pick up this one and there's literally no tabs in this one which means it was boring