A fantastic love letter to the city of New York and its boroughs.
Jemisin creates a magical reality that nods at Lovecraft but feels more accessible, more like Stephen King's Dark Tower series. Her ability to tease open the fabric of reality and expose the multiversal underpinnings shows the hand of a master. But it's the characters, flawed and cranky as they are, where Jemisin's true genius shines. As with the Broken Earth series, her ability to craft rich human characters with deep emotional lives and then place them in life-changing situations is the real special effect of her work.
A joy to read. Can't wait for the next in the series.