The case of the vampire-killing mechs is solved in Crimson City, but the murder of vampires by werewolves is still ongoing. With the recent murder of vampires by what seems like werewolves as well as mechanically-enhanced humans, the humans are fearing retribution from the werewolves and vampires and are about to attack the other two species first. Set in an alternate Earth where werewolves, humans, and vampires are living together in an uneasy truce, centered around the city of Los Angeles, in this book the vampires descend from their lofty penthouses at the top of the skyscrapers to approach the werewolves in their subterranean world for an alliance. However, readers of the previous book can get a chuckle out of the fact that they know who killed the humans’ werewolf informant when the characters in this book don’t. I really believe readers new to Crimson City don’t have to read the previous book by Liz Maverick, Crimson City, to get a grasp of what is going here because the plot of this story can stand alone.
I am at the edge of my seat from page one to the last page of this book! For evolving spectacularly in just a matter of two books, Ms Liu deserves at the very least a standing ovation. While Tiger Eye suffers from too much flowery writing and fantastical concepts that are never developed enough, this book is nearly perfect when it comes to pacing, with a very well-done balance between the well-written action-packed scenes and the quiet times of our hero and heroine. It is remarkable how Marjorie M Liu seems to have transformed from an amateur to a polished author between her debut Tiger Eye and her follow-up, the second book in the Crimson City series called A Taste of Crimson.
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