The City We Became is one of a few books that reimagines the city not just as a setting but as characters in the story.
Almost all of these books are fantasy books that are set in an urban setting, which is the main reason why it’s called an urban fantasy. Looking at all my books there are a handful of urban fantasy books in the list. “This is the lesson: Great cities are like any other living things, being born and maturing and wearying and dying in their turn.” Though their enemy will stop at nothing to cut them at every turn. But first they must find each other, come up with a plan, and overcome their differences for New York. Each borough’s avatar are real residents of New York that have been hand picked to defend the city from attacks of the elusive enemy. It is no different for New York as the city split itself into six avatars representing the five boroughs of New York: Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, and Staten Island and one primary avatar. A sinister extraterrestrial being has interrupted the birth using new tricks that the other great cities didn’t expect.Įach city’s birth is different and new every time. New York is a new born city that recently picked their avatar but during the birth something went horribly wrong. In this world, cities are living entities with a beating heart that grow from years of cultivation in culture and strong identities of its denizens. The City We Became is an urban fantasy with a mix of science fiction set in the city of New York. Knowing this got me excited to read the novel with high expectations and upon finishing my expectations are well met. Jemisin’s urban fantasy duology that has sat on my bookshelf for over a year, The City We Became. Lo and behold turns out this short story is the bare bones of N.
This short story is The City Born Great by N.
In 2021, a short story I found on TOR’s website that I immediately devoured. The City We Became is a love letter to New York and to cities all over the world, to the culture that has progressed and grown with time, to the people that have lived and survived in it, and the greatest urban fantasy I’ve ever read.
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