I enjoyed your take on The Jasmine Throne! I felt conflicted on it because it was paced a little too slowly for me as a reader and I also had a hard time buying into the romance. But I liked your interpretation of their relationship and how it mirrors the book thematically. The best parts of this book were some of the side characters for me, especially Bhumika- she was my favorite character! Even though my feelings were mixed I definitely will pick up the sequel when it's out, because I thought the ending was great and promised great things for the next book.
ugh The Blacktongue Thief sounds so bad! and yeah it's sad to realize sometimes we like people's writing and not necessarily their book taste...😅 I've been meaning to pick up The Goblin Emperor for years and you're making me want to get to it soon!
I DNF'd the blacktongue thief after 150 pages... It just wasn't anything special. It sounds like it didn't get better after that point. 😅 I want to pick up She who became the sun ASAP!
I've been a big Tasha Suri booster for a while now. I loved Empire of Sand, and I really liked Realm of Ash, and I'm going to be reading the Jasmine Throne at some point in the near future. I'm sure that I'm going to love that, too. However, at this point, I'm getting a little concerned that Suri is recycling the same plot over and over. Thus far, the outline of all of her books is a young magical girl getting sent into cloistered exile and using her magic to overcome her typically male oppressor in a relatively non-violent, soft power type of way. Don't get me wrong, I still loved both of the books I've read--Empire of Sand, especially, was really sensational--and I'm here for the third book, Jasmine Throne. But I'm really hoping that with book number four, we get to see Suri mine some new territory. If, like me, you really love the South Asian and South Asian inspired settings, you might want to check out The Devourers, by Indra Das. A publisher might categorize it as a werewolfish urban fantasy, but it's much more literary than those descriptors would normally connote.
Read a bunch of books in the summer but I gotta put Eye of the World as my number one, because now I understand some of the memes and that's my aim in life, to understand all memes
i agree about she who became the sun - its so interesting to see gender expression examined through a historical context! Also witness for the dead is so cosy!!!! great video
it's so nice to see another video from you again! I'm also happy to hear that you liked She Who Became the Sun! I enjoyed i quite a lot myself and I just love how destiny was implemented in the plot...I can't wait to see where Zhu Chongba ends up next. Your blurb on the Jasmine Throne pushed it up on my TBR...bought it some time ago, but I think I'll be reading it soon :)
Have The Jasmine Throne on kindle. I hope I can get to it before the year ends. I have heard similar things about The Blacktongue Thief, think I will pass. The best book I read this Summer was The Fox by Sherwood Smith
jasmine throne sounds really good! gonna see if i can request it from my library. i also just read the first murderbot and while it was good i wasnt blown away by it either, but its also very short so maybe i had too high of expectations. im also getting really close to the end of wheel of time, hoping to finish towers of midnight by the end of the week!
Murderbot is super enjoyable all the way through the novellas, but the series took on a whole new level with the novel, Network Effect. The novellas also build on each other and deepen Murderbot’s character so it’s really fun to see it develop. Ahhh!!! Congrats on almost finishing WoT!! That’s so exciting, and just in time for the show! Thanks for watching, Paige 💕
I’ve heard nothing but good things about The Blacktongue Thief til now, so it’s useful to hear something different. You’ve made me very interested in The Jasmine Throne though!
The synopsis for the witness for the dead, reminded me of a fantasy favorite growing up as a kid: The Shamer’s Daughter, about a woman and her daughter having the power to see the truth of what a person has done through looking in their eyes and with it be able to force the person to admit what they have done, regardless how shameful it it is, hence the term “Shamer”. Let’s just say that the ability to look into people’s eyes and see the most shameful things people have done in their entire life, do not make them popular…
@@r1ddhima Two movies was made a couple years ago of the 4-book series: While the last one was rushed and tried to summarize the last book without the two in-between, the first movie was rather true to the first book, at least in my opinion ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IaCxOftPmP8.html
I started Murderbot this summer and am loving it so much. Btw have you read the Daevabad trilogy by SA Chakraborty? It's set in 18th century Cairo/middle east and is full of Islamic and pre-Islamic folklore and mythology. The author is very well studied in history and it shows, and her world building is phenomenal. Its a debut and its not perfect, but its very enjoyable if you're looking for more fantasy set in different settings. But it's also blurbed by Robin Hobb 😂
I have not read Daevabad, but I think I own the first book on kindle (my kindle is a labyrinth of first books in series lol). I’ll have to check it out soon! Thanks for watching 💕💕💕💕
