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4.43 AVERAGE
4.43 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, War
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I love Bhumika!!!!
adventurous
dark
emotional
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:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
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
A beautiful story from beginning to end that I could not get enough of. Each book in the series somehow better than the last
adventurous
challenging
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:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
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:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
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:
Complicated
4.5 stars. Overall I felt this was a satisfactory end to the trilogy! The prologue immediately sucked me back in and I found myself whipping through the book. While I know that pacing can be an issue for other readers in this series, including myself, it was not a very big deterrent in this book. Perhaps because I was so invested in the world building, the mythology, the characters that I found myself enjoying the slower parts of the story as much as the fast climactic scenes. I also really love Suri's prose. Sometimes in fantasy novels, I find the prose is lacking, but that's definitely not the case of this trilogy. The writing style is quite beautiful and brings a lot of depth to the story, so it doesn't just feel like I'm just reading a plot.
The story of The Lotus Empire is not a cut and dry "Let's end empire" story, but a more complicated one about power, faith and people. Overall, it was a vastly entertaining and intriguing story. While the romance between Priya and Malini is deeply integral to the story, that is only one part of the story. Malini trying to hold onto her power was exciting to read through, I was definitely wondering when certain plots would come to fruition. Bhumika's sacrifice at the end of the last book was explored pretty well in this book, considering that she does not retain the memories of herself. I still felt quite connected to her and the ways she grieved despite not knowing what she had lost. I was interested in seeing how Priya would navigate the Yaksa and also to just learn more of their lore. Rao trying to determine his purpose after Aditya's death definitely took us on an interesting journey. I personally enjoyed the depth of characters and points of view, it gave the world a lot of depth, like I was putting together the puzzle pieces.
Some things that I would have changed - I would have loved to see more of outside the lands of the empire because the bits we did get to see were very cool. I would have also loved if the last like 20% of the book was a little longer. Things moved a little too fast in the climax for my taste and I think some of the plot/story would have impacted me more with a little more time to breathe. The way time passes in these books has always been a little hard to follow/confusing, so I can just see how improving on that would bring some more weight to the ending of it all. Nonetheless, these issues were not big enough for me to take away too many stars. The story took me on an emotional ride and I am glad to have experienced this trilogy.
The story of The Lotus Empire is not a cut and dry "Let's end empire" story, but a more complicated one about power, faith and people. Overall, it was a vastly entertaining and intriguing story. While the romance between Priya and Malini is deeply integral to the story, that is only one part of the story. Malini trying to hold onto her power was exciting to read through, I was definitely wondering when certain plots would come to fruition. Bhumika's sacrifice at the end of the last book was explored pretty well in this book, considering that she does not retain the memories of herself. I still felt quite connected to her and the ways she grieved despite not knowing what she had lost. I was interested in seeing how Priya would navigate the Yaksa and also to just learn more of their lore. Rao trying to determine his purpose after Aditya's death definitely took us on an interesting journey. I personally enjoyed the depth of characters and points of view, it gave the world a lot of depth, like I was putting together the puzzle pieces.
Some things that I would have changed - I would have loved to see more of outside the lands of the empire because the bits we did get to see were very cool. I would have also loved if the last like 20% of the book was a little longer. Things moved a little too fast in the climax for my taste and I think some of the plot/story would have impacted me more with a little more time to breathe. The way time passes in these books has always been a little hard to follow/confusing, so I can just see how improving on that would bring some more weight to the ending of it all. Nonetheless, these issues were not big enough for me to take away too many stars. The story took me on an emotional ride and I am glad to have experienced this trilogy.