Reviews - The Lotus Empire

1.41k reviews for:

The Lotus Empire

Tasha Suri

4.42 AVERAGE

erwikka's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional hopeful slow-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

I really love this series. I love our two “main” characters if you can actually even call them the main characters there are so many POV’s that feels inaccurate. I will say I am very nitpicky when it comes to endings and this is no different. I will start by saying I love Tasha Suri and their writing. Priya and Malani are some of my favorite flawed characters. I actually love all the characters in this series. The magic and world are lush and some of my favorites. I think it was a little weird to do even more world building in the finale and I really think we spent too much time on things that didn’t need that much time and not enough on the things that needed it. The ending itself felt a little too “neatly wrapped bow” for my liking. Especially with the amount of war that this series deals with. I will say I adore the conversations about faith, misogyny, and sacrifice that are always present in this one. Overall it’s a 4 star series for me but not my favorite ending.

miasweeney00's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

chaoticbookgremlin's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-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: Yes

lizziegracereads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

The shift of relationships in this story. The anger and rage as well. The war, choices, and betrayals of all have changed people and there is this overall desperate sense of trying to survive.

The plot pulled me in. This book really caused me to reflect on how far the characters have come since book one and how their experiences have changed them.

This ending was not all happily ever after but was painful and sad. It had hardship to it. There is a happy ending for the characters but it is a rose with some very sharp thorns.

paola24's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

emrtina13's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

holleakk's review against another edition

5.0

where do i even begin?! best book of 2024 in my opinion. an incredible end to a fantastic trilogy that literally made me sob through the last five or six chapters. not only is suri's writing so vivid and beautiful but the worldbuilding is so insanely detailed and complex. i'm mourning this trilogy because i know i will never find anything that lives up to it (except maybe samantha shannon's works).