The City itself-established so parents could drop off their unwanted girl children instead of killing them-is very much a lesser-of-two-evils establishment. I actually stopped reading so I could reread the dust jacket in case I had missed something.) The world of the Bhinian Empire is a fascinating mixture of Indian culture (with a Chinese-style two-child policy and some isolationist Japan vibes) and fantasy. (The dust jacket does not mention that the cats can talk. Review: City of a Thousand Dolls was a fun read, once I got over the telepathic cats. But by getting involved, Nisha jeopardizes not only her own future in the City of a Thousand Dolls-but her own life.
Until one by one, girls around her start to die.īefore she becomes the next victim, Nisha decides to uncover the secrets that surround the girls’ deaths. Only when she begins a forbidden flirtation with the city’s handsome young courier does she let herself imagine a life outside the walls. Nisha makes her way as Matron’s assistant, her closest companions the mysterious cats that trail her shadow. Now sixteen, she lives on the grounds of the isolated estate, where orphan girls apprentice as musicians, healers, courtesans, and, if the rumors are true, assassins. Summary: Nisha was abandoned at the gates of the City of a Thousand Dolls when she was just a child.
Title: City of a Thousand Dolls (Bhinian Empire #1)
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