The Emperor's Mask

I didn't enjoy this one as much. The world is still fun and cool and complex, I still like the characters, there's barely a hint of romance between two couples and both were fine (although I have questions about how kissing actually works for one couple 😆😅), and the content was still mostly low, oth......more

Not nearly as good as the first book in the series. Much less character development and plot was completely predictable. I might give him a shot for a third because I liked Book One so much. That said I hope Dobson ratchets up his game and doesn't phone it in, next time.......more

I enjoyed the first book in this magepunk series very much, and this one a little less, though I did still enjoy it. The main problem was that I figured out at the 42% mark what the detective didn't figure out until the 74% mark: the identity of the villain. I'm not usually good at figuring those th......more

2.5 stars, very disappointed in this sequel book. The first one was so good and this one is just mediocre. Not even sure I will continue with the series at this point. Update It really confuses me how someone can give this book 5 stars. This book is clearly not as good as the first book in this series......more

Much the same as the first book, with a nice amount of character development for Katka. The mystery was again fairly obvious, I had it figured out around halfway through. However, much like the last book this didn't take away too much from what was a fun read.......more