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This week’s Book Hype focusing on a discussion of City of a Thousand Dolls by Miriam Forster. Check out the detailed discussion and what we are reading this week! Be warned the book discussion does contain spoilers.

Show notes:
What are you reading this week?
Book Bites-Series vs stand alone do you have a preference

-Initial thoughts on City of a Thousand Dolls (thumbs up/down)

World Building
-strengths
-infusion of Asian culture
-different houses and castes
-the training and schooling for the girls
-Agree with Matron that the school is necessary for the girls, or agree with Stefan that the school corrupts and mistreats the girls?

-weaknesses
-telepathic cats?
-Lack of tension
-Saved by an evil prince?

Plot
-murder/mystery – The mystery of the killer – did we guess who it was?; Did we know Tac was Jerrit?
-PACING
-characters
-Nisha as a heroine
-Romance – Devan/Nisha, Tac/Nisha

Will we read book 2? (Companion novel, NOT a sequel, will probably be out late 2014)

Next Book will be 17 and Gone by Nova Ren Suma

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