NK Jemisin started this series as a trilogy but having written one book pre-2020 and writing the next later, it became apparent the city and our world changes too much to realistically leave the city the same. It became a duology at the point.

The conflicts in The World We Make feel so pressing in the first few months of 2025. The avatars of the boroughs of NYC are navigating a changing and scary landscape and dealing with their own personal crises. I adore each of these characters in their own way. They're rich and interesting much like the areas they represent. I think what was missing for me this time were the interactions between each character. They were separate for a lot of this but the moments they were together were golden.

I genuinely enjoyed this duology as a whole and would recommend it to people who like urban fantasy. NK Jemisin is such a fantastic author and I'm excited to read more from her.