City of Souls (Signs of the Zodiac, #4)

by Vicki Pettersson

[Angie]

Wow, City of Souls was a huge step up from the previous books in the series! It started off a little rough, but soon enough, all kinds of crazy things were happening! And that ending? What?! Picking up a month after the events of The Touch of Twilight, Joanna is adamant in her drive to fix Jasmine and save Li. She'd also like to get Regan completely out of the picture. Her journey ends up taking her to a place that was thought to be only myth: Midheaven. It's another alternate world, but one that's twisted, and will twist anyone who enters. But Joanna doesn't have much of a choice, since the only other superhero to have been in the same mess as her is there, and she needs his help to get everything back on track.

A lot of City of Souls is set in Midheaven. I won't even go into how Joanna magically figured out how to get there, but I will say that this place is screwed up. Not only does it require a piece of your soul to enter, but nothing there comes free. All Joanna wants is some information, but she's got to play for it. Anything you want has to be won over poker, but they don't deal in money. The bets are all powers, and Joanna's ignorance shows once again, since she doesn't know what most of the symbols mean and just bets away random bits of herself. Oh, and don't drink anything. Water, booze, nothing! Even though you'll slowly die of thirst. Literally.

Outside of Midheaven, City of Souls is full of betrayals. I was honestly shocked at everything that happened within the last few chapters. There's a traitor in the troop, and I couldn't even believe they'd do that. Of course, Warren takes care of it, but I trust him even less now, too! He's always so evasive in his answers, but he just gone too far now! And that twist when Joanna figures out how to save Jasmine...messed up! I don't even know how to react to that! There's still two books left! How is that going to work!?

In the end, City of Souls is my favorite of the series. It was full of surprises, and some great, creepy world building. There's betrayal and revenge, romance and heartbreak! And I'm prepared for more!

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