Her sense of drama, combined with brilliant attention to detail and the striking ability to create tension, makes the book a great read. Fans of urban fantasy and forbidden romance will definitely want to pick this one up.'-USA Today 'Compelling and fresh.'-VOYA 'A quick, lusty romance in a world gone awry.'-The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Book 'Elizabeth Richards' debut as a fiction author is inspiring. and fantasy.'- SLJ 'A Romeo and Juliettype of relationship, yet there's so much action, anger and angst that the plot line is just as vital as the romance aspect. 'Detailed postapocalyptic world building makes Richards' series debut intriguing.'- Booklist 'Provides a balanced combination of romance, action. A page-turning and passionate romance set in a mesmerizing and perilous world, Black City is a rich, atmospheric read not to be missed. But choosing Natalie could get them both killed.

Then Natalie steps into his life, a calming force, and he, too, has to choose. Despite being half-human and being allowed to live on the human side, Ash is still scorned everywhere he goes, always wondering what it would be like on the other side of the wall with his own kind. For now, they've settled for banishing all Darklings to the wrong side of a ghetto wall. The very Sentry who would love nothing more than to see all Darklings totally eradicated from the United Sentry States. Ash tries desperately to deny his feelings for Natalie. So how can she now be falling for Ash, a brooding half-blood Darkling boy? Natalie's heart betrays everything she's ever believed with one magnetic beat, forcing her to choose between her family and the boy she loves. Natalie, a human and the daughter of a government official, is still reeling from her father's murder by a crazed Darkling, upending her entire life. In the aftermath of a brutal and bloody war, in the still-smoldering Black City, sixteen-year-olds Natalie Buchanan and Ash Fisher do the unthinkable - they fall in love.

Black city by elizabeth richards