City of a Thousand Dolls by Miriam Forster

I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this book because of all of these things.

Women were treated as objects who could be sold, and one of the houses clearly turned out courtesans. Weaknesses: Perhaps especially because I was pleased to see the characters of color, I was a little perturbed by several things.

Readers who like Tamora Pierce, Rae Carson, and Kristin Cashore will enjoy this. Considering that this book begins with a list of houses and characters, I didn't think I'd be able to read it at all, but I was sucked in. leading me to place it in a setting akin to India.Nisha has lots of skills and takes her fate into her own hands. Strengths: Extra bonus points for the ethnic setting- all of the characters are described as having dark hair and eyes, and skin the color of amber, etc. Nisha finds out a lot of uncomfortable information about the city as well as herself, and does figure out the mystery- but only at a great personal cost. When first one girl, and then another, are found murdered on the grounds, Nisha helps to investigate before the city is considered an unsafe place to be sending unwanted girls. She also has cats her converse with her telepathically- we do find out why she is the only one who can do this. Since Nisha is the assistant of the city's matron, she has been trained in many of the different houses and has connections there. Men can bid on them, and Nisha hopes that Devan, with whom she is having a flirtation, will bid on her, even though he is from a rich and powerful family. In order to pay for their keep, the girls are trained to be certain kinds of wives, and then 'redeemed' when they are over 16. Nisha was abandoned by her parents at the city, which is a refuge for girls who cannot be kept by their parents because of the government's two children restriction. City of a Thousand Dolls (Bhinian Empire #1) Less books about kids doing stupid things.

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City of a Thousand Dolls by Miriam Forster