Title: Diamond City
Author: Astrid Cole
Series: Diamond City
Book: 1
Genre: Dystopian/Fantasy
Pages: 409
Start Date: Jan 24th, 2024
End Date: Feb 1st, 2024
Rating: ★★★★
Pizza-loving Sage will do anything for a ticket to Prince Louis’ birthday party, whether that’s shooting bad guys at bars, chasing them in hover cars, or dropping one hundred stories from the highest skyscraper in Diamond City. She doesn’t mind attracting a little bit of positive attention from the royal family so long as no one learns her true secret: She hails from an ancient warrior race, and kicking ass in war is her specialty.
Only those days are long over. At least, she thinks they are until her nephew sells her out to the royal family, and they’re nowhere near as air-headed as Prince Louis. Tiaras and dinner parties are far from their minds when they blackmail her into confronting a vicious (and flamboyant) warlord whose forces are invading the city. Choosing sides might have been a no-brainer, but Sage learns the royal family is using their citizens as test subjects in experiments to attain immortality, and the warlord is actually fighting to stop them.
If Sage thought kneading dough was difficult, now she must choose between a tyrannical (and charming) warlord or a bubbly prince to take the throne. If Sage wants any semblance of a normal life again, let alone run a pizza shop, she must pray that her longing for love doesn’t cloud her judgment. Then again, what girl would say no to promises of colorful weddings and spectacular fireworks, even if the guy who’s offering them has a not-so-righteous agenda of his own?
"Don't have sexual intercourse with him, that's my only advice."
Last year I received this ARC, but I was in my "Existential Crisis Era" so I couldn't read it back then. So to make it up, I just don't read the book... I get my physical copy. Best decision ever. This gorgeous, colorful cover deserves to be on my bookshelf.
Sage is a strong warrior who just wants to be in peace and work in her Pizzeria. And I love that. I love Sage's personality, how even if she is so powerful, she still has her feet on earth. The fact that even when she is more than 100 years old, but she still has the soul of a teen when is about crushes XD makes me love her more. And you know, Sage reminds me of Celaena from "Throne of Glass".
"I'm not selling my body, Samson, I'm not a prostitute."
Sage has a crush on Louis. The prince of Diamond City and he reminds me of Dorian XD - yes, I don't know what is wrong with me cause everything reminds me of SJM characters XD - and daydream of marrying him and living happily ever after... And even when I don't like Damian - the warlord - I like how Sage and Louis end up being friends.
And can we talk about Samson - the squid -? I know that is the reason why are you here... You can love Sage, Louis, or even Damian... But the star here is SAMSON
"Bullshit. If you have Cells in your body, then you can fight. It's just this little shit hasn't learned to do anything but lick girl pussies"
This squid, whom Sage has taken in her care since he was a baby squid, is the Tairn of this story. And I love Tairn - from Fourth Wing - he has this grumpy - I do not want to show you how much I care about you - extra honest and direct- a personality that makes you fall in love with him as soon as he is in the picture. He lives with Sage, helps her to train, and is like a housewife in that relationship XD He cooks, cleans, and maintains the house. And I laughed so hard in the scenes where he and Louis were together.
I will not talk deeper because I want you to read it and find out the amazing and unique story, drama, and plot in this book. If you like dystopian/fantasy books and Power Rangers - I always dream of being the pink Ranger - you need to give this book a try. You promise you, you will fall in love with Samson too, and you will enjoy and love this book too.
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