City of Villains-City of Villains, Book 1

They made us the villains...

Mary Elizabeth Heart is a high school senior by day, but by night she's an intern at the Monarch City police department. She watches with envy from behind a desk as detectives come and go, trying to contain the city's growing crime rate. For years, tension has simmered between the city's wealthy elite and the residents of the decaying neighborhood called the Scar--once upon a time the epicenter of all things magic.

When the daughter of one of the city's most powerful businessmen goes missing, Mary Elizabeth is thrilled that the police chief actually puts her on the case. But she soon discovers that one missing person is only the beginning of a larger, more sinister mystery. As the truth circles closer to home, Mary finds herself caught in the fight between those who once had magic, and those who will do anything to bring it back--even if it means creating a few monsters.

Disney's Villains meet a dark world in this glitter fairy tale-inspired crime series that reimagines the origins of Maleficent, Ursula, Captain Hook, and other infamous Disney Villains like you've never seen before.

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Published Jan 26, 2021

240 pages

Average rating: 7

2 RATINGS

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Waverlyn
Jun 13, 2023
4/10 stars
While the concept is interesting it definitely feels like City of Villains suffers from wanting to reach for a darker tone while being held back by having to keep its demographic young-ish. Its characters, the main one included, manage to be paper thin despite being based off of well known Disney characters. There were some questionable decisions made regarding them (Mally Saint? Of all the names?) and the main character, Elizabeth Hart, often comes off as nothing but an angsty teenager you want to roll your eyes at despite her hardships. It wants to have a mystery without doing the work to earn its eventual reveal and wants to be a character drama despite all of is characters being about as interesting as vanilla wafers. Descriptors of certain places and certain scenes are very well written (I made note of the first scene in the Evergarden specifically) but all in all its seems to be spotty with how interesting it is overall. If you want a quick read to numb your mind for the most part but enthrall you once every seventy-five pages or so then I would say give it a shot.

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