City in Glass

No cover — City in Glass (2024, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

English language

Published Nov. 13, 2024 by Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom.

ISBN:: 9781250348289

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pat b. reviewed City in Glass by Nghi Vo

4 stars

This book delivered me the goods on Angels & Demons that I've been looking for recently, as well as doing the whole "the city is a character too" thing that I love.

The main character is the patron demon of a sinful port city that gets razed to the ground by a host of angels. The story follows her as she mourns her city, seeks vengeance on those who wronged her, and attempts to bring her city back to its glory days.

I loved this book so much that, after reading almost all of it on my Kobo, I bought the hardcover from my local bookstore.

enne📚 reviewed City in Glass by Nghi Vo

City in Glass

4 stars

This novella is a story about memories, transformation, and love; it follows the demon Vitrine, whose best love is the city Azril that she writes about in a book kept in the glass cabinet of her heart. When angels raze the city to the ground, she curses one of them with a piece of herself, and gets to the work of rebuilding the city into what she remembers.

This is an interesting book to pair with Kalpa Imperial from the #SFFBookClub this month. The way Vitrine remembers the ghost of the old city interspersed with what the new city is becoming feels like it could be a chapter from Kalpa Imperial. Subjectively, there's sort of a similar lyrical style between the two as well.

I continue to love Nghi Vo's writing, and the way this book juxtaposes the fantastic with the literal rebuilding of a city brick by brick. However, …

This novella is a story about memories, transformation, and love; it follows the demon Vitrine, whose best love is the city Azril that she writes about in a book kept in the glass cabinet of her heart. When angels raze the city to the ground, she curses one of them with a piece of herself, and gets to the work of rebuilding the city into what she remembers.

This is an interesting book to pair with Kalpa Imperial from the #SFFBookClub this month. The way Vitrine remembers the ghost of the old city interspersed with what the new city is becoming feels like it could be a chapter from Kalpa Imperial. Subjectively, there's sort of a similar lyrical style between the two as well.

I continue to love Nghi Vo's writing, and the way this book juxtaposes the fantastic with the literal rebuilding of a city brick by brick. However, the emotional crux is the relationship between the angel and the demon and this just wasn't my jam.