The City We Became

The City We Became

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction, Fiction & Poetry, General Sci Fi & Fantasy
Paperback Published on: 29/07/2021
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The City We Became
Jemisin strikes again in this most urban of urban fantasies
I've been a huge fan of N. K. Jemisin since I first encountered her work in the Dreamblood duology, 8 years ago, and watching her win three Hugos on the tr... READ MORE
D Franklin (Glasgow Sauchiehall St)
The City We Became
Ecstatic bookseller review
I received an advance copy of this book, and took a while to get to it. I know Jemisin, so I knew I needed to be in the right headspace for this book. It's... READ MORE
Nora
The City We Became
Original & Unstoppable.
I don't think I've read anything like this book before. It hit the ground at a full speed sprint and didn't hold up for a second. This was my first time re... READ MORE
Jamie Lee at Trafford Centre
The City We Became
Wow!!
This blew me away, an absolutely fantastic story and I'm so happy that it's going to be a trilogy. The writing shows the author's obvious love of NYC and t... READ MORE
Chrys - Plymouth
The City We Became
Dazzlingly intelligent Sci-Fi
I, to my utmost shame, am one of the few SFF fans who has not read Jemisin's universally adored, three time Hugo award winning 'Broken Earth' series. But a... READ MORE
Kate at Sutton
The City We Became
One of my top ten books of 2021
This is a belter. I absolutely loved this book. New York is a powerhouse of a city and when it decides to take human form, it cannot be contained in a si... READ MORE
Katy Wheatley

Synopsis

Five New Yorkers must band together to defend their city in the first book of a stunning new series by Hugo award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N. K. Jemisin.

Every city has a soul. Some are as ancient as myths, and others are as new and destructive as children. New York City? She's got five.

But every city also has a dark side. A roiling, ancient evil stirs beneath the earth, threatening to destroy the city and her five protectors unless they can come together and stop it once and for all.

  • Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
  • ISBN: 9780356512686
  • Number of pages: 480
  • Weight: 333g
  • Dimensions: 198 x 126 x 34 mm

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The City We Became
This book sings
I'm grateful to Orbit for a free advance copy of The City We Became. One of the recent collections I've enjoyed most was NK Jemisin's How Long 'Til Black... READ MORE
Blue Book Balloon
The City We Became
Great
Cities have souls and New York has 5 of them. These five people are the embodiment of the 5 New York's boroughs: Queens, Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn and Sta... READ MORE
Bruna Oliveira
The City We Became
A truly urban fantasy for modern times
This is a wonderfully diverse, urban fantasy novel from the widely acknowledged master of SFF. It tells the story of New York or more specifically, the ava... READ MORE
Laura at Harrogate
The City We Became
Inventive and edgy - great world-building
A big-concept and even bigger hearted story of belonging that doesn't sugarcoat the evils of the real world. This imaginative story where five people bec... READ MORE
Kathleen
The City We Became
Amazing Concept
The idea of a city being embodied by five people with superhero-like abilities to protect itself is incredible. When I heard about this book, I couldn't wa... READ MORE
Liv Burrell
The City We Became
The City That Never Sleeps
The new novel from multi-award winning writer N K Jemisin is an urban fantasy where the City and his citizens are key. I really enjoyed the premise that... READ MORE
Sharon
The City We Became
Terrific storytelling - and epicly New York
I'm grateful to Orbit for a free advance copy of The City We Became. One of the recent collections I've enjoyed most was NK Jemisin's How Long 'Til Black ... READ MORE
Blue Book Balloon
The City We Became
A thrilling, wildly inventive urban fantasy
I loved the ‘Broken Earth’ trilogy, set in a futuristic world completely removed from our reality, but this book might be even stranger and more alien, des... READ MORE
Rebecca Rouillard
The City We Became
Vivid first book in a new fantasy trilogy
A homeless young man lives in New York City. He’s a streetwise hustler who knows how to avoid the police, save and use his money and where it’s safe to sl... READ MORE
IReadThereforeIBlog
The City We Became
Thrilling
I read it in three sittings and couldn't stop thinking about it in between. Such an interesting concept, great characters - I'm someone who backs away from... READ MORE
Charlotte Moore
The City We Became
An impressive urban fantasy with Lovecraftian elements
My thanks to Little, Brown Book Group U.K./Orbit for an eARC via NetGalley of ‘The City We Became’ by N. K. Jemisin in exchange for an honest review. This... READ MORE
Vivienne O'Regan

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