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City of Roses is the most fun I’ve had with a book in a good while. -Felix Gilman
I found my cynicism undone over and over again. “Oh,” my inner cynic said, “look, here’s Celtic-tinged music. Here’s the love triangle, with genders switched up and mixed. Here’s the smart-ass protagonist getting in trouble because she’s too willing to throw a verbal punch.” But then Manley would whip those familiar elements into a moment rooted in idealism and hope, but with a healthy dose of life’s tragedies, the entire, swirling, beautiful mess tumbling my inner cynic on her ass. -Bookslut
