City of Betrayal

95% of books I read do not make me cry. Romance does not make me cry. But you give me some good friendship moments, and I will be in tears. While this book did not make me blubber, the tears were felt because this book is all about the friendship. (The author calls my favorite character ‘assassin seeks friends' after all.)

Anyway, just as good as the first one - maybe even a smidge better. Love the characters and love the plot. The world building is good. The only thing holding me back from wholeheartedly recommending this book to literally everyone is that the first two were published in 2017 and we are still waiting for the third and fourth, four years later.

And while it's not a cliffhanger, there are a lot of dangling plots and some people are in possible danger. (Not mortal peril as at the end of the last book, but not everyone is in a safe space.)