City of a Thousand Dolls by Miriam Forster

But what Nisha discovers she could have found out in another way. Nisha does end up finding out about her past more or less because she finds the House of Night, so I suppose it could be argued that it does play a big role in that way. There's a lot of emphasis put on whether or not it actually exists, and so one would expect Nisha's discovering its whereabouts to become a really big part of the story. My biggest disappointment was how little of a role the House of Night (the assassins) played. It wasn't exactly a slow story its main flaw was that the mystery was too easy to solve, and so the Reader ends up spending most of their time frustrated with Nisha because she isn't figuring out the obvious. Plot: The official summary does a pretty good job of, well, summing up the book's plot. Devan is willing to marry Nisha despite her not having a caste, but a little limp is too much for him to accept? Really? I did get a little tired of Nisha always mooning after him, and when the inevitable finally does happen (Devan's departure), it felt totally contrived. Devan is too easily disliked for reasons that the Reader cannot immediately pinpoint, but eventually does.

The problem? While the romance itself isn't particularly aggravating, it's obvious from the very beginning that it won't last. In the City of a Thousand Dolls, girls aren't supposed to have contact with males, so Nisha and Devan keep their relationship a secret. The Romance: The story begins with Nisha already in love with a young man - Devan, the courier from the capitol city. Devan (Nisha's initial love interest) was too easy to dislike from the moment we meet him, the villains too obvious, and the red herrings glaringly so. The Mistress of the House of Night was a very intriguing character, but we Readers hardly get a chance to know her at all, and I was very disappointed in this.

But they weren't the world's best talking cat characters, either they were just kind of mediocre. I don't know why, but I love talking cats - I always have - and I didn't dislike Jerrit or any of the others. Nisha was an acceptable enough protagonist, though certain no Sherlock Holmes when it came to solving mysteries. However, after finishing the book, I'm not entirely certain what the lone figure is armed as she is.Ĭharacters: I can't say that any of the characters are especially memorable, in either a good or a bad way. Plus the title was a little too bizarre to ignore. Cover Blurb: Yes or No? The lions, the lone figure holding swords, and the dusky color all catch my attention.

City of a Thousand Dolls by Miriam Forster