Name: The Immortal City
ISBN: 9781947727779

Amy Kuivalainen

Dr. Penelope Bryne is ridiculed by academia for her quest to find the remnants of Atlantis, but when an ancient script is found at a murder site, she flies to Venice determined to help the police before the killer strikes again. Drawn into a world of dark magic and history Penelope will need to use all her strength to find the answers she seeks.

The Immortal City

Vanessa Bintou

I expected a kind of urban mystery/murder story with elements of mythology and magic, and since it is about Atlantis, my mind went straight to Disney's Atlantis for grown ups. It wasn't anything like this.

First of all, I didn't know there would be romance, so the moment it started taking over every single element that I loved in the book I lost my interest. The story started with a murder in Venice and the inspector asking our heroine, an Atlantis expert, for some help to solve the murder. She immediately travels there to look at the scene and find more clues for her research. I was hooked and couldn't wait to see where the story would go, how they would solve the ritualistic murders and the Atlantis history. Very early in the story the premise changed and from paranormal, murder mystery it became a romantic story. I didn't like how quickly it happened and how much it took from the story. The writing in general was good and the original idea very interesting, but the romance was unnecessary and the characters average at best.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with this e-arc, in exchange for my honest review.

The Immortal City

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