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47. City of Flowers – Mary Hoffman
48. City of Secrets – Mary Hoffman
I’ve had City of Secrets sitting on my desk for several months now, and I finally got around to rereading Flowers and starting on the the new one. New to me, at least… I just found out there’s two more to be looking out for! 🙂
….And oh crap, I just got back from Borders and didn’t even think to look for book 5. 
Heh. I guess I had other things on my mind. I picked up a few mystery novels I was missing from my collection, and a few new and continuing manga volumes.
The World Religions class I was in ended today. I thought I had more to say about that, but it seems I don’t.
Anyway, back to City of Secrets. It’s the first new Stravaganza book I’ve read since the last one came out back in….wow, 2005? No wonder I couldn’t remember much of what happened in COF. Anyway, while I loved visiting Talia again, I felt that this book was less impactful in that it didn’t seem to have much importance in the overarching plot. The di Chimici scheme, and then they get foiled. Again. That’s about it. I didn’t care much for Matt, either, because he’s such a Debbie Downer on himself until the very end when he suddenly decides he has confidence after all. I found the other three protagonists to be way more interesting than him, more like actual characters rather than reader stand-ins.
Let’s hope the magic returns in City of Ships. 🙂
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