City of lies
City of liesSam Hawke
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City of lies (2018)

Sam Hawke

Others: Overwhelmingly negative

"Outwardly, Jovan is the lifelong friend of the Chancellors charming, irresponsible Heir. Quiet. Forgettable. In secret, he's a master of poisons and chemicals, trained to protect the Chancellors family from treachery. When the Chancellor succumbs to an unknown poison and an army lays siege to the city, Jovan and his sister Kalina must protect the Heir and save their city-state. But treachery lurks in every corner, and the ancient spirits of the land are rising ... and angry"--Amazon.com.

ISBN:
9780765396891
Length:
560 pages

Genres: fantasy

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Reviews3

Not a fan

my biggest issue was that it was really boring nothing was happening the characters were frustrating they're just the main protagonist I just found really annoying and they were kind of whiny and I did not like it

Not a fan

I had quite a few issues with this first of all I think I would have preferred things if it was restructured with the characters like I didn't care too much for Joven as a character I was really intrigued by Kina in the last half of the story