Hannah Frederick’s Reviews > Red City > Status Update

It is the gnawing fear that, without alchemy, she's nothing.

Aren't we all afraid of that? She picked characters with reflect most everyone I think. And did a good job showing all sides of one coin.

Changing something into something more desirable. But has sand made the world a better place? Or just a different one?

I like the circle back to the dandelions

Is monstrosity what it takes to progress civilization? Why else was mankind given this capacity for unspeakable cruelty?

What?! WILL?! I had written him off

Great splitting of the love letter excerpt

It wasn't free because something cannot come from nothing. Everything has an equal and opposite cost. The equation must always be balanced. Greatness, in exchange for a soul.

I changed my mind. I like that she is out of her depth. She needs to be forged in a fire, nothing truly terrible has happened to her until now. I can't wait for the next book.

I'm unused to reading a book about an escape plan that isn't planned by a mastermind and goes immediately wrong. Sam and Ari are not perfect or the best at everything. Very different from aelin and kaz

I don't that I like this jump to Sam quicky figuring everything out and having a plan
It's very convenient