Joseph Poopinski

City of Masks by Ashley Capes When Ancient Magics, Political Treachery & Intrepid Heros Collide An Indie Book Review by Joseph Poopinski Four Stars City of Masks revolved around three well-drawn, likeable main characters with cohorts of their colorful friends & family members. An expansive overarching backstory funneled toward a perhaps foreordained war but there’s unpleasant intrigue & incendiary sabotage aplenty happening first. It’s nice when a story connects little threads or various moving parts, but a great yarn like this yoinked me (and presumably other readers too) by rewriting history. Being a fan of hardboiled detective shows, I automatically classified a factoid as unproven, however before long I’d deferred to the official action-packed narrative & completely disregarded my initial assumption. As paragraphs piled up & the protagonists wrangled with current issues, City of Masks absorbed my imagination & revoked my impartiality. Without genuine ...