The City of Dusk, Tara Sim
The City of Dusk, Tara Sim
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The City of Dusk

Author: Tara Sim

Narrator: Nikki Patel

Unabridged: 24 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 03/22/2022


Synopsis

This dark epic fantasy follows the heirs of four noble houses—each gifted with a divine power—as they form a tenuous alliance to keep their kingdom from descending into a realm-shattering war.

The Four Realms—Life, Death, Light, and Darkness—all converge on the city of dusk. For each realm there is a god, and for each god there is an heir.

But the gods have withdrawn their favor from the once vibrant and thriving city. And without it, all the realms are dying.

Unwilling to stand by and watch the destruction, the four heirs—Risha, a necromancer struggling to keep the peace; Angelica, an elementalist with her eyes set on the throne; Taesia, a shadow-wielding rogue with rebellion in her heart; and Nik, a soldier who struggles to see the light—will sacrifice everything to save the city.

But their defiance will cost them dearly.

About Tara Sim

Tara Sim is the author of TheCity of Dusk (Orbit), as well as the Scavenge the Stars duology (Little, Brown) and the Timekeeper trilogy (Sky Pony Press). She can often be found in the wilds of the Bay Area, California. When she’s not writing about magic, murder, and mayhem, Tara spends her time drinking tea, wrangling cats, and lurking in bookstores.  


Reviews

Goodreads review by jessica on March 03, 2024

this is wayyyy too long for a first installment and its definitely YA, not adult, but im pretty sure i still liked it overall? i will say this book starts off with a bang. the prologue had me instantly hooked. its the right combination of mystery, imagery, and darkness. i mean, just read this.and......more

Goodreads review by fleshy on March 29, 2022

I did not like it for a number of reasons others may not share, or indeed even care about. This is going to be very pedantic. This is a review of the ARC, but the issues I have are foundational to the story or with the writing itself. I avoid explicit spoilers. (view spoiler)[ Worldbuilding? We are told the names of (hide spoiler)]......more

Goodreads review by Jasmine on March 22, 2022

The City of Dusk by Tara Sim is an unputdownable start to an epic fantasy trilogy. Four realms. Four gods. Four houses. Four heirs. Before the gods cut the realms off from each other, there was a natural flow of energy between them. Since the Sealing, the four realms are all slowly dying. In the Cit......more

Goodreads review by Lucie on November 24, 2022

I received a copy of this book via NetGalley (thank you Orbit Books). All thoughts and opinions are my own. ✅ Gorgeous cover ✅ Dark atmosphere (kind of) ✅ Magic-system ✅ Lies, schemes and betrayals ✅🆗 Politics ✅🆗 Plot (repetitive) ✅🆗 Characters ✅🆗 World-building 🆗 Pace 🆗 Predictable twists and ending 2.5 star......more

Goodreads review by Era ➴ on November 09, 2022

Thank you to Netgalley for providing me an ARC! I was promised a queer dark fantasy with a headstrong group of main characters, and it??? actually??? delivered??? I’m shook. The storyline was actually kind of fully summarized by the synopsis, which is interesting because the synopsis was pretty v......more