This was my first book by this author, It was pretty enjoyable. I would give this book a 3.5 star rating! It was a pretty Quick and easy read!

This book was received as an ARC from Black Rose Writing in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

Shadow City in parts reminded me a lot of Mortal Kombat and of The Last Man on Earth which made this book so exciting to read. To hear of scavengers Jean and Louis come across a nameless man that has the fate of their world in his hands and his power feeding on all destruction in the world was definitely something different and mind blowing to read. Even though there were a few parts that were intense when it came to the nuclear ruins and the wasteland it turned to what was Los Angelos. Fantasyland turned survival of the fittest was a new and unique approach to this Novel and I know our book club will sure enjoy this.

We will consider adding this title to our Fantasy collection at the library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.

Thoroughly enjoyable post apocalyptic future set urban fantasy with vampires, cyborgs and other creatures fighting for survival in a world gone dark. This was tremendous fun. Great characters and an edge-of-your-seat plot. Slight cliff hanger ending but I found I didn’t mind. Highly recommend.

This book started out strong.
I really like Mocikat's writing style, her characters come alive and the worldbuilding is great, too. At the beginning I thought this was going to be a great dystopian story of survivors, mixed with radiation and vampires.
It was a great mix.
There was also the wonderful character of Bombshell who is an absolute highlight.

But, sadly, the author lost me as more and more players started to show up. This isn't something bad, it is written in good style, just... one fraction of said players - enemies - are too much.
While the vampires have a place in this story and their existence is explained in a good way, the big bad enemies of the book sadly ruined it for me.

What they are and how they turned up in the world blew the otherwise great story out of proportion and gave it an overly supernatural turn that it didn't really need.
So while I loved the writing style and the main characters, I will not continue with this book series.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this eARC in exchange for a honest review.