The Oleander Sword
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The prophecy of the nameless god - the words that declared Malini the rightful empress of Parijatdvipa - has proven a blessing and curse. She is determined to claim the throne that fate offered her. But even with the strength of the rage in her heart and the army of loyal men by her side, deposing her brother is going to be a brutal and bloody fight.
The power of the deathless waters flows through Priya's blood. Thrice born priestess, Elder of Ahiranya, Priya's dream is to see her country rid of the rot that plagues it: both Parijatdvipa's poisonous rule, and the blooming sickness that is slowly spreading through all living things. But she doesn't yet understand the truth of the magic she carries.
Their chosen paths once pulled them apart. But Malini and Priya's souls remain as entwined as their destinies. And they soon realize that coming together is the only way to save their kingdom from those who would rather see it burn - even if it will cost them.
***Shortlisted for the British Fantasy Awards***
Praise for the Burning Kingdoms trilogy:
'Will undoubtedly reshape the landscape of epic fantasy for years to come' Booklist (starred review)
'Lush and stunning...this sapphic fantasy will rip your heart out' BuzzFeed News
'Raises the bar for what epic fantasy should be' Chloe Gong, author of These Violent Delights
'This cutthroat and sapphic novel will grip you until the very end' Vulture (Best of the Year)
'It left me breathless' Andrea Stewart, author of The Bone Shard Daughter
'I loved it' Alix E. Harrow, Hugo award-winning author of The Once and Future Witches
'Suri's incandescent feminist masterpiece hits like a steel fist inside a velvet glove' Shelley Parker-Chan, author of She Who Became the Sun
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Highly recommend
The second book in this series does a lot of things different to the first and in most cases this is a good thing. The pacing in the beginning was pretty slow. It takes 25% of the book until the MCs are reunited and I was a little bored at times especially because I didn't feel the realtionship between them yet but thankfully after the first third the pacing picks up and the story focuses much more in it's interesting lore and developments in that area as well as the ongoing war which I enjoyed much more than the heavy character focused story the first one has. The writing is still really good, descriptions are really vivid and the different POVs feel different from one another which I really like. The ending was everything I could have hoped for and I am very excited and can't wait for the end of this series!
Okay. Holy shit. Ich habe keine Ahnung, was ich sagen soll. Das Sequel ist einfach mindblowing und ich will schreien und weinen und noch lauter schreien, weil Band drei noch nicht draußen ist. Was Tasha Suri da erschaffen hat, ist ... unglaublich. Ich liebe Jeevan und Ashok, Rao, Malini, Bhumika, Rukh, Priya ... fuck ich liebe sie einfach alle. Chandras Passagen waren so grausam und spannend und eindringlich, dass ich mich übergeben wollte und nur weinen konnte. Wie viel Mut kann man haben solche Charaktere und solch eine Welt zu erstellen? Tasha Suri: Ja. Wirklich, ich habe jede Seite verschlungen. Ihr Erzählstil war wieder großartig und es war spannend von Anfang bis Ende. Es ist, als hätte man alle Farben aus dem Regenbogen gesogen und nur ein grau hinterlassen, welches langsam zu schwarz wird. JA MAN, THAT’S MY JAM!
Characteristics
1 reviews
Mood
Protagonist(s)
Pace
Writing Style
Description
The prophecy of the nameless god - the words that declared Malini the rightful empress of Parijatdvipa - has proven a blessing and curse. She is determined to claim the throne that fate offered her. But even with the strength of the rage in her heart and the army of loyal men by her side, deposing her brother is going to be a brutal and bloody fight.
The power of the deathless waters flows through Priya's blood. Thrice born priestess, Elder of Ahiranya, Priya's dream is to see her country rid of the rot that plagues it: both Parijatdvipa's poisonous rule, and the blooming sickness that is slowly spreading through all living things. But she doesn't yet understand the truth of the magic she carries.
Their chosen paths once pulled them apart. But Malini and Priya's souls remain as entwined as their destinies. And they soon realize that coming together is the only way to save their kingdom from those who would rather see it burn - even if it will cost them.
***Shortlisted for the British Fantasy Awards***
Praise for the Burning Kingdoms trilogy:
'Will undoubtedly reshape the landscape of epic fantasy for years to come' Booklist (starred review)
'Lush and stunning...this sapphic fantasy will rip your heart out' BuzzFeed News
'Raises the bar for what epic fantasy should be' Chloe Gong, author of These Violent Delights
'This cutthroat and sapphic novel will grip you until the very end' Vulture (Best of the Year)
'It left me breathless' Andrea Stewart, author of The Bone Shard Daughter
'I loved it' Alix E. Harrow, Hugo award-winning author of The Once and Future Witches
'Suri's incandescent feminist masterpiece hits like a steel fist inside a velvet glove' Shelley Parker-Chan, author of She Who Became the Sun
Book Information
Posts
Highly recommend
The second book in this series does a lot of things different to the first and in most cases this is a good thing. The pacing in the beginning was pretty slow. It takes 25% of the book until the MCs are reunited and I was a little bored at times especially because I didn't feel the realtionship between them yet but thankfully after the first third the pacing picks up and the story focuses much more in it's interesting lore and developments in that area as well as the ongoing war which I enjoyed much more than the heavy character focused story the first one has. The writing is still really good, descriptions are really vivid and the different POVs feel different from one another which I really like. The ending was everything I could have hoped for and I am very excited and can't wait for the end of this series!
Okay. Holy shit. Ich habe keine Ahnung, was ich sagen soll. Das Sequel ist einfach mindblowing und ich will schreien und weinen und noch lauter schreien, weil Band drei noch nicht draußen ist. Was Tasha Suri da erschaffen hat, ist ... unglaublich. Ich liebe Jeevan und Ashok, Rao, Malini, Bhumika, Rukh, Priya ... fuck ich liebe sie einfach alle. Chandras Passagen waren so grausam und spannend und eindringlich, dass ich mich übergeben wollte und nur weinen konnte. Wie viel Mut kann man haben solche Charaktere und solch eine Welt zu erstellen? Tasha Suri: Ja. Wirklich, ich habe jede Seite verschlungen. Ihr Erzählstil war wieder großartig und es war spannend von Anfang bis Ende. Es ist, als hätte man alle Farben aus dem Regenbogen gesogen und nur ein grau hinterlassen, welches langsam zu schwarz wird. JA MAN, THAT’S MY JAM!