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Revenge. It's something Sigrud je Harkvaldsson is very, very

good at. Maybe the only thing.

So when he learns that his oldest friend and ally, former Prime
Minister Shara Komayd, has been assassinated, he knows
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“My definition of an adult is someone
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Regan rated it Sep 08, 2019 is someone who lives their life with a little
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By all the Divinities, this was a miraculous conclusion for The Divine Cities
trilogy. More quotes…

We had Shara as the main character in City of Stairs, Mulaghesh in City of

Blades, and now for the big conclusion, its time for Sigrud je Harkvaldsson
to take the central role. Its been thirteen years since the end of the previous
book (eighteen years since City of Stairs) and the story focused around
Sigrud as he came out of his self-imposed exile for one last mission of
revenge. The blurb for this book is ...more

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Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Mar n rated it May 19, 2017

Shelves: own, fantasy-all, blogging-for-books

Well shit . . . . =(

I really didn't want to cry today. Thank you book, thank you Robert Bennett.

First off I wish I would have went back and read the first and second book so

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just the way it was and it ripped my heart out.

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Shara had been killed. (it's not a spoiler, read the summary).

Dead. Dead.
He shakes himself, trying to compartmentalize it. He

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mind-blown, poof-gone-harem, brb-dead, br-2017, the-awesome-bunch, darker-is-
cooler

Actual rating: 30 stars. At least.

This is one of the most amazing books I have ever read in the entirety of my
entire life. I don't think I will ever recover from it. I cried. I bloody
shrimping cried. This is outrageous. This is scandalous. This is disgraceful.
Ergo, this is most absolutely, completely, overwhelmingly, beautifully
scrumpalicious.

Robert Jackson Bennett, thank thee kindly. You killed me dead several times
over, and I loved every bloody shrimping second of it. Sort of.

Bye now. I ...more

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Em Lost In Books rated it · review of another edi on Oct 11, 2018

Shelves: 4-star, 2018, 2010-19

"Power corrupts."

These two words describes this book perfectly. Whenever someone dreams
to be powerful there's always dire consequences. In this cut throat struggle
to reach the top one just sees the position and not the destruction that
he/she leave behind to achieve that dream. And this book is all about being

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The first time I met Sigrud in City of Stairs, I find him peculiar and yet very
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Philip rated it · review of another edi on Jun 05, 2017

Shelves: fantasy, mystery, 2017-releases, hugo, top-5-2017, hugo-2018, male-author

4.75ish stars.

An appropriately perfect (or at least near-perfect) conclusion to a

spectacular trilogy, one that I'm sad to say goodbye to. This has a little bit of
everything. Mystery, character building, some insanely cool set pieces (the
aerotram!), and all of the emotion one could expect from the climax and
eventual denouement.

Bennett has such a talent for getting to the heart of his characters. I never
cared much for Mulaghesh until she took the spotlight in City of Blades and
I thought ...more

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Bradley rated it · review of another edi on Jan 29, 2017

Shelves: fantasy, urban-fantasy, fanboy-goes-squee, worldbuilding-sf, 2017-shelf

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC!

It's getting really hard for me to have content-less gushing in certain books.
Like this one. I mean, sure, I can say that Shara has been killed and Sigurd is
out to avenge/solve her murder, but beyond that, I really can't be as specific
as I want to be.

The fact is: SO MUCH AWESOME happens in this book! And I mean crazy
awesome. Or absolutely Divine Awesome. :)

Lordy, some of these reveals came right on top of each other's heels and
rather than having you expect a ...more

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carol. rated it · review of another edi on Feb 05, 2016

Recommends it for: people who enjoy fantasy
Shelves: fantasy, favorites, epic-fantasy

Some authors always manage to surprise me. Bennett is one of them, with
each book I've read a very different flavor from the other. Characterized by
complex characters, his stories tend to have vivid world-building and plots
that explore the relationship between mundane and divine. City of Miracles
is the third book set in the Divine Cities, and although one could read and
enjoy it perfectly well as a stand-alone, part of the richness in the story
comes from the history of both the ...more

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Choko rated it · review of another edi on May 20, 2017

Shelves: fantasy

*** 5 ***

A buddy read with my comrades @ BB&B!!! Because some books you can
only read while your friends hold your hand....

I cannot say a word about the content of this book. Everything would be a

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in order, they are not to be read as stand alones, despite every story being
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TS Chan rated it Aug 04, 2018

Shelves: favorites, physical-owned

If I could have divined that Robert Jackson Bennett's masterful genre-

redefining trilogy will end up as one of my all-time favourites, I would not
have waited so long to read it. Fortunately, it is never too late so long as one
still has the desire to discover new authors and new books. To this end, I
have certainly found a new favourite author of amazing talent as far as I am
concerned.

I have been reading fantasy for three decades. From well-known classics
like Lord of the Rings, Dragonlance, ...more

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Sco Hitchcock rated it · review of another edi on Jun 23, 2017

Shelves: urban-fantasy, completed-series-last-book, 2017-published-and-read

Book 1: 3.5*
Book 2: 3.25*
Book 3: 4.25*

By far my favorite book of the series and not simply because it was the
climax. The writer developed a much better sense of pacing in this book and
it flowed from start to finish. Even when it wasn't an action scene there was
tension and/or a very empathetic reason for that scene.

One of the better urban fantasy series I've read. The series starts in a quasi
steampunk era and flows into a modern era. I liked the uniqueness of the
transition both of the world ...more

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Mayim de Vries rated it Jun 02, 2017

In the Divine days it was the purpose of the gods to shape the reality of the worlds
citizens.
The gods are gone. But this need remains.
Now it is the task of governments to tell their citizens what reality is, to define it for
them. For citizens are, by and large, wholly incapable of doing this for themselves.

City of Stairs elevated me onto the cloud number 9. I loved the city of
Bulikov, I loved Shara, the MC and the focal point of the tale, I loved all the
story arcs and their total disregard ...more

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Celeste rated it Sep 03, 2018

Shelves: fantasy, literary, favorites, horror, dystopian, best-books-i-ve-ever-read, urban-
fantasy

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City of Miracles is a stunning accomplishment; it is a marvelous ending to

what I now consider my favorite trilogy, and a fast-paced, addictive story in
its own right.

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Sigrud je Harkvaldsson was one of my favorite side characters in both City of

Stairs and City of Blades, and I was both incredibly excited and more than a
little ...more

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Terence rated it · review of another edi on Mar 10, 2017

Shelves: arcs-and-galleys

Thirteen long years Sigrud je Harkvaldsson has waited. He has waited to

hear from his friend Shara Komayd that it is finally ok for him to come
home. Sigrud's hopes are snuffed out like a candle when he learns Shara has
been assassinated. Sigrud decides to find and make those responsible for her
murder pay...it does not matter if they are man or divine.

City of Miracles was an excellent conclusion to The Divine Cities trilogy. I

have to admit I wasn't sure if I was really interested in reading it ...more

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Hannah rated it Oct 07, 2017

Shelves: loved-it, fantasy

This was absolutely bloody fantastic. Robert Jackson Bennet managed to

somehow add even more layers to an already layered series, enough so that I
contemplated re-reading the first two books just to able to appreciate them
even more. It is an impressively wonderful trilogy and a world I am very sad
to have to leave.

This third and last book of this marvelous trilogy follows Sigrud; after the
events of the previous book he has lived off the grid when the news of (view
spoiler) ...more

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Phrynne rated it Nov 27, 2017

Quite a few people have said in their reviews (and I totally agree) that this
book makes them want to go back and read the whole series through again.
It is really that good!

How could I ever have guessed that Sigrud would make such a splendid hero.
After all he is an old man now and past his prime, but the author plays a
clever trick . You have to read it to find out what:) The other characters are
all excellent too, some of them from previous books and some of them new.
I especially enjoyed the ...more

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Althea Ann rated it Jun 06, 2017

5 stars for all 3 entries into this trilogy. Really, this story is just so good.
Complex, believable characters that the reader really cares about, great
plotting, and a wonderful balance between small yet heartbreaking details
and dramatic, world-shattering events - in a consistently interesting,
surprising world. Everything I want from my fantasy adventure!

This story begins 20 years after the events of City of Blades. The Viking-
berserker-esque Sigrud has been in hiding for all those years, ...more

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Shelves: fantasy, steampunk-and-gunpowder-fantasy

Definitely goes into top 5 fantasy series I read.

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Algernon (Darth Anyan) rated it Dec 06, 2017

Shelves: 2017

Come into the night, and I will show you greatness!

Robert Jackson Bennett is writing one of the greatest ongoing fantasy series
today, and I somehow wish I didn't read this third installment right after
the even more amazing and emotionally wrenching "Stone Sky" by Jemisin.
What is at first glance a superhero action romp with a badass killer machine
(Sigrud) going on a quest to avenge the assassination of his former master
and only friend, Ashara Komayd, slyly morphs into a challenge of the ...more

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Mogsy (MMOGC) rated it Apr 30, 2017

Shelves: review-copy, netgalley, arcs-and-galleys

4 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum https://bibliosanctum.com/2017/05/03/...

Robert Jackson Bennett is back with the third installment of his Divine Cities
sequence, and so ends one of the most brilliant and extraordinary fantasy
series in recent times. First, we were introduced to this incredible world of
Divinities and miracles in City of Stairs, joining protagonist Shara Komayd
as she fearlessly stood against a god. That was soon followed by the even
more impressive City of Blades, a thrilling ...more

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Ivan rated it May 04, 2017

Shelves: 2017, year-s-best

The last decade or so brought us very few truly remarkable fantasy books,
and even fewer that have helped to move the genre in the new directions.
Science fiction has seen its decline as well, but that's another story. Of
course, although fantasy is paradoxically younger genre than science fiction,
it relies far more on the tropes established by fairy tales and mythology, so
it's quite difficult to find some new and unexplored waters to sail through
on this tired old sea.

To make things more ...more

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Robin (Bridge Four) rated it · review of another edi on Mar 17, 2019
Shelves: 4-5-stars, kick-ass-heroines, fantas c-fantasy, book-boyfriend-material, super-
sidekicks, buddy-read, beau fully-broken-bastards, no-kissy-kissy, 2019-reads, bb-b-
2019

It is rare the I like the final book of a series more than the others and rarer
still to love every book in the entire series, but that is exactly what happened
for City of Miracles.

City of Stairs ✯✯✯✯✯

City of Blades ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭

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The bigger surprise is that I feel that for a series with almost no romance of
any kind in it *gasp*, I know but there is just something about this world
and the character in it that grabbed me deep inside and Im so glad Ive been
able to read and be a part of this story.

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Bob rated it · review of another edi on Apr 18, 2017

Shelves: fantasy-epic

While I liked a lot about City of Miracles, I'm disappointed to say I didn't
necessarily like the third book of The Divine Cities. It's imaginative and
well-written, and bears all the hallmarks of Robert Jackson Bennett's other
novels, but the more contemporary and civilized the series gets, the less
compelling I find it.

Despite the magic, the swords, and the gods, this instalment is less epic
fantasy and more action thriller. It's set in a city so advanced, it's almost
recognizable as a ...more

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Nathan rated it Apr 24, 2017

Shelves: author-male, rated-4-star, gods-are-real, read-2017

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A boy chases laughter through the city. Followed by a presence he can't see
the boy keys in on laughter, any laughter, and throws himself desperately
toward it looking for shelter or a way out. In a land once ruled by miracles
the unnamed boy uses the only one he has at hand hoping for it to prove
useful just one more time. And when finally hitting a laughter that rings a
bit false...

Well that is where City of Miracles really begins.

One of the finest fantasy series of the ...more

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My least favorite book of the trilogy that was lacking in almost every area
compared to the previous two. Everything cool was there but it was like the
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"lite" versions of them and a Sigrud lite don't cut it. The last twenty pages
were great but did not make up for the averageness of the rest.

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Gabrielle rated it · review of another edi on Apr 14, 2019

Shelves: fantasy, urban-fantasy, reviewed, own-a-copy, ouch-my-feels, read-in-2019

The last book of the Divine Cities trilogy I knew this would be emotional,
because this might just be my favorite fantasy series of all time (and the two
previous installments did get me all chocked up) but also because I saw all
those reviews that seemed to indicate people scream-cried their way
through this conclusion So I braced myself and dove in anyway, because I
love Robert Jackson Bennetts world building and magic system, his
complicated, strong and flawed characters who try to do the ...more

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Silvana rated it · review of another edi on Sep 28, 2016

Shelves: fyeahfantasy, mine-mine-mine, kindle-google

Always hard saying goodbye to a wonderful series. And yet it is inevitable.

After five days of consideration, I finally decided to give this book five stars.
Why? It gave me a satisfying conclusion to a wonderful series.

I was really annoyed when the synopsis came out. Like, seriously, it
announced that a main character died. In the synopsis. What the hell.
Nevertheless, I patiently waited for the release. It was not in vain. The story
flowed effortlessly from when Sigrud - who we all know is a ...more

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Giovanna rated it Feb 08, 2016

Four stars, because this is the least brilliant book of the series, by my
standards. It's still a great book and honestly a fantasy that many authors
would pay to be able to write (imho), but I found book 1 and 2 definitely a
step ahead in terms of plot.

I do think the main concept was quite brilliant and touched some rather
difficult topics, but I'm not completely satisfied with how everything played
out, or rather, with how the events came to an end. The resolution felt
rather convenient and, ...more

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Tudor Ciocarlie rated it Jun 20, 2017

Shelves: 2017-my-best-of

At least until I will finish The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin, The
Divine Cities is the best fantasy series that I've read in the last 5 years. Even
if the explored themes are different, this trilogy is at least as fun and
inovative as was the Bas-Lag series by China Mieville; and with a group o
characters that are simply exceptional. This kind of fiction makes it
impossible for me to read the majority of fantasy series out there.

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Sherwood Smith added it Apr 24, 2017

Shelves: fantasy

This third and last of this series begins with a shocker and a heartbreak.

Sigrud je Harkvaldsson, after thirteen years of waiting for contact from

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