Taking place not too long from the end of Black City, the sequel begins with an imminent and dangerous threat from Rose. While the romantic parts are still annoying, Phoenix takes on the best parts of Black City and makes them better.Īsh and Natalie find themselves in a middle of rebellion against Purian Rose.
Other major plot points and factors take the forefront. The romance is no longer the main driving force behind the narrative. Contrived, passionless and frankly boring, the romance brought down all the great parts of Black City. The plot and world-building in Black City deserves positive recognition, but the romance between the two lead characters, a vampire and human girl, was pretty abysmal. I liked Black City enough, obviously to continue reading the series with Phoenix, but how in the world did this book get so much zeal and hype? Luckily, I did that for Black City, which I picked up sometime last week.
Still, I try to wait awhile for the hype and excitement to settle down so I can go into a book without such high expectations. I saw numerous tweets making statements along the lines of “one of the best YA books of the year.” I listen to hype sometimes the book lives up to it, often it doesn’t quite. Elizabeth Richards’ Black City received so much buzz last year.
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