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4.42 AVERAGE
4.42 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Malini has become empress as prophesied, and Priya has survived the deathless waters and has magic flowing through her veins. Both face martyrdom to seal their respective homes' fates because they were once on the same side but now find themselves forced to fight each other.
Craft-wise, I think this book excelled in characterization and having the two MCs be actual people outside of their fraught relationship and romance. We were shown their differences from each other and the choices they were forced to make that made them opposed. The narrative purposely makes both of their sides justifiable and unjustifiable at different times, and the yearning and pining that did happen had narrative importance and didn't preclude important plot moments. It made the characters feel real and like the second book's outcome had real lasting consequences for the characters and the narrative as a whole.
I'm sad this story is over, but I fully understand why this series did so well for Tasha Suri. I am eagerly anticipating her newest release. 5/5.
Craft-wise, I think this book excelled in characterization and having the two MCs be actual people outside of their fraught relationship and romance. We were shown their differences from each other and the choices they were forced to make that made them opposed. The narrative purposely makes both of their sides justifiable and unjustifiable at different times, and the yearning and pining that did happen had narrative importance and didn't preclude important plot moments. It made the characters feel real and like the second book's outcome had real lasting consequences for the characters and the narrative as a whole.
I'm sad this story is over, but I fully understand why this series did so well for Tasha Suri. I am eagerly anticipating her newest release. 5/5.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I liked this less than the first two but enjoyed the conclusion to the story. Genuinely, how did Priya survive though?
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Suri daringly looked at the tropes of tragic and happy endings in the face and chose to create a third path. This is an intricate and vivid crescendo where all the threads of lore and magic and faith and history come to life and reveal fully that they where key pillars of the plot all along. The yaksa, the nature of faith, its power and where it comes from, why this magic found this world. And yet, our lovers, in the end, refuse to bend to the will of prophecy or fate. Tasha looked at the tropes that line the field of epic fantasy and said "I will make a third path," in unison with Priya's thoughts in the book. Rao's final arc brings tears to my eyes as he realizes truly what he lost, who he lost and what Aditya was to Rao. It's a picture burned into my mind, the moment his feelings come to light. A kiss upon polished lacquer. Many of our heroes live, but the world is fundamentally changed. In the process we see the struggle to quash misogynistic ideologies, the struggle to understand the nature of faith, to understand the not-magic within the human experience, we see the struggle to both excise the rotten core buried beneath generations of trauma and sacrifice and yet preserve its people, its culture, its independence. What does it mean to put an end to ancient ways? Does it spell death for the culture that rose from it? Or does it just mean an upheaval, a change that will forever reshape what it means to be of that culture? This book is a profound ending to an incredible series. It will not go precisely how you expect. It will not inflict tragedy where it is not necessary. It will instead show you the people left standing in the wake of horrific war picking up the pieces of what was broken and carrying on with loss in their hearts. It will instead show you peoples, empires broken and reformed and changed, and characters ready to move on. It will ask you, "what next?" and answer with a meager hope for a better world and only the certainty of a love unending.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Xenophobia
Gostei bastante, achei que o final poderia ter sido um pouco mais trabalhado, mas muito bom mesmo assim. Talvez se a Priya tivesse mais um capítulo teria fechado mais redondinho, mas talvez seja eu não querendo que o livro acabe. Enrolei uns 3 dias pra terminar pq não queria que acabasse... Enfim, muito louco ver a evolução das personagens, Tachinha se superou no desenvolvimento delas.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Not sure if I 100% understood the ending but I am satisfied with the ending. A part that I predicted would happen did, but it was well done. My only note is that I wish it had been longer lol
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes