City of Nightmares: The thrilling, surprising young adult urban fantasy

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Ness will do anything to avoid becoming another victim, even if that means lying low among the Friends of the Restful Soul, a questionable organization that may or may not be a cult.

And she’ll do anything to avoid becoming the victim again, even if that means lying low among the Friends of the Restful Soul, a questionable organization that may or may not be a cult. but also “dreaming means waking up as your worst nightmare” and “queernormative world” and “morally questionable main characters” WHERE HAS THIS BOOK BEEN ALL MY LIFE? The dialogue often has cringy 2edgy or bad/corny comedy lines that really pull you out of the world. Aptly, the entire story felt like a spider weaving its web until the entire city of Newham and all of its plot points were trapped and connected by this web.I wondered what it would be like to be a random normal person in a city full of rampaging supervillains and monsters, and so this book was born. This is one of the few books where I didn't see many of the twists coming and was surprised every time. A wicked smile pulls at the corner of her lips, and she tips her head slightly, her short, black-and-turquoise ombre hair falling over her forehead. I really enjoyed how the book started almost quietly—introducing us to Newham and all its horrors, while still shielding us from some of the grimmer parts of the city. What I didn’t enjoy was her constant need to compare herself to her best friend Priya, who she meets during her time with The Friends of Restful Soul.

One of my issues with this book is simply that there is SO much focus on b Drowning in parties and vice, Cy is the type of character suffering from loneliness after a particularly harrowing childhood. While there’s a hint of romance between Ness and Cy, most of the story is focused on friendship and building that foundation, which I love to see! Character descriptions are limited toa few simple adjectives stuff like; "she was tall, black, and had curly hair".

This lore is unimportant to the plot and simply there for the characters to talk about how bad these movies are. The entire book is also some sort of modern day pop culture critic to the point that it becomes ridiculous.