Review: Red City by Michaela Haze

Red City by Michaela Haze
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Hell on Earth

I’d probably give this book 4.5 ⭐️ if I could.

I tried this book because it was free and sounded quite interesting. I’m really glad I did because I really enjoyed this journey into a demon city on earth. I have a feeling that though this is a standalone, it may have made more sense if I’d read the books set in the same world previously. However, I enjoyed the journey into understanding this darkly captivating world.

Jane Doe is a prisoner who has chosen to transfer her sentence to a place in Red City, the city for demons, and to become their plaything and their food in exchange for no longer living in a cage. Jane has no memory beyond waking up in the psych ward in the prison 5 years ago and has been tormented every day since waking back up. She was so sure that Red City couldn’t be worse, but then she is bought at auction by the head of one of the houses in the Lust sector and she is terrified of what is to come.

But whilst there is beauty in cruelty and the warmth of friendship in the cold and the dark, there is also fear and weakness in a world of power where she has none.

This book created a dark and captivating world that really drew me in. I also really enjoyed it was written by a fellow Brit. It did my heart good to see the word ‘bum’ used in a ménage book!

The characters themselves were intriguing on so many levels. The initial rush of introduction hooked me and as each page turned and more about each of them was revealed, the more I needed to learn about them.

The plot was different enough to keep me reading late into the night and wake up early to finish the book. I wanted to know what was going to happen next as it was carefully, slowly and tantalisingly revealed. It was gripping at the same time as tortuously slow. It was an interesting dynamic that I really enjoyed.

I will definitely be looking out for the other books set in this world because I think I will enjoy learning more about this wonderfully dark world created by Michaela Haze.

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