City of Lies
by Lian Tanner
The Keepers Trilogy, book two
Book Description:
Goldie Roth is a trained thief and a skilled liar. Along with her friend
Toadspit, she's supposed to be one of the Keepers of the mysterious Museum of
Dunt. But although she desperately wants to be a Keeper, she will not leave her
sick parents to do so. But when Toadspit's sister Bonnie is stolen, he and
Goldie are forced to follow the child-stealers to the neighboring city of Spoke.
Along the way, Toadspit too is captured, and Goldie is caught up in the Festival
of Lies, where every word she says means something else and no one can be
trusted. There, Goldie discovers some dangerous secrets—secrets that the
child-stealers will kill to protect. She will need all her skills as a thief and
a liar if she is to survive and save her friends.
Review:
While I did not love this book as much as I did the first book in the series, Museum of Thieves, I did enjoy it a lot. I think that what was missing for me here was the actual Museum of Dunt. It was such a huge PRESENCE in the first book and almost all of the action in this story takes place elsewhere. I did love following Goldie's adventures again and thought it was neat to see more of the larger world in this dystopian series, but I can't wait to get back to the Museum in book three!!
