He gifts kindness to everyone he meets, no matter how irrelevant or unworthy they may seem-“All the better,” as he would say. His steadfast love is the beating heart of the story he is the torch that sets other reluctant kindling aflame. He and Nico both treat others as if each person has an equal demand on their time and attention, but it is Aloysius who shines the brightest. Let me just say Benedict Cumberbatch was born to play Re, and that should be enough.Īloysius especially is a treasure.

Mago Re is terribly mesmerizing and well crafted, and I won’t spoil the story by telling you the main point of his story. Aloysius, Nico, and Mago Re were my favorites-for different reasons. It’s been a long time since I was so inspired to walk in the footsteps of characters in a book. And because it is about love, it is also about loyalty, sacrifice, long-suffering, hope, mercy, forgiveness, courage, honesty, and repentance. But it really a story about true love: love between man and woman, friend and foe, high and lowly, noble and despicable, humble and arrogant, wise and foolish, kind and cruel. I can only be glad that those wonderful people, for a short sweet time, existed.īased on the cover and cryptic marketing, I had thought Sinking City was about magic and monsters and masquerades. Christine kills off some of my favorite characters, but she doesn't do anything I wouldn't do, so I can't blame her. Christine’s beautifully vivid, easy prose will suck you into this story that starts with an intense hook, settles into a comfortable middle of mystery and mistaken identities, and ends with 100 pages of breathless action.

I didn't think any new novel by Christine Cohen could win me over like The Winter King with its snowy donegality, but truly, The Sinking City is even better.

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