Kirkus Review: City of Lost Dreams by Magnus Flyte

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City of Lost Dreams

By Magnus Flyte

The enchanted, enthralling sequel to City of Dark Magic (2012), brought to life by the highly imaginative duo of Meg Howrey and Christina Lynch (aka Magnus Flyte), reconnect the reader with the alchemical world of Musicologist Sarah Weston in this electrifying, time-travelling romp through history.

Sarah Weston is frantically searching for a cure for her gravely ill young piano protégé, Pollina in Vienna, nearly two years after her introduction in City of Dark Magic. Weston’s comrade, the 400 year old dwarf Nicolas Pertusato, or ‘Nico,’ is attempting to help Sarah locate a treatment for young Pollina, but he seems to encounter roadblocks at every turn: has an enemy from his past returned? Concurrently, Sarah’s former love interest, Prince Max, is probing a mystery of his own when illustrious persons of the past, long departed, appear out of thin air in present day Prague. The trio work together to unravel more alchemical mysteries in this rousing follow-up, but will they be able to discover a cure for ailing, brilliant Pollina – before it’s too late?

Extraordinary, peculiar and ingenuously a unique blend of multiple genres, this at times erotic page-turner takes its reader on a jaunt that reveals its witty prose of history, magic, sex, death, and weirdness in a distinctively captivating way. A must-read for fans of both history and fantasy.

Publication Date: Nov. 26, 2013
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 978-0-14-312327-9
Page Count: 368pp