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City Of Laughter is an absolutely gorgeous book. The writing is exquisite, beautiful, evocative. The story of Shiva and her family, multiple generations filled with secrets and a hint of magic, made my heart sing. This is a beautiful book. I borrowed it from my public library and loved it so much, I purchased a copy from my local indie bookstore, a treasure to be cherished and read and re-read. I read a lot. This is one of the best books I've ever read.

Thank you to Goodreads, the publisher and the author for this ARC.

It's hard for me to review this book for some reason but it was well written, interesting and different than what I'm used to reading. I think it was the way it was written that it took me longer than usual to read it. I had to absorb every word carefully and then sometimes re-read a sentence or a paragraph.