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A review by ehmannky
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
dark
emotional
tense
slow-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
5.0
A sprawling, intricate epic and queer fantasy that I had a ton of fun reading.
This is going to sound like a minor thing, but I really liked Suri's pacing of the book. The first half of the book takes place over what, a month or so, with the latter half taking place over the course of like 2 days. And that switch in time spans never feels abrupt or like Suri didn't give enough time to everything she needed to. It's a very natural transition and that rules. The world of this fantasy is very well established. I feel like usually in epic fantasies/high fantasies you're just supposed to be lost until like 100 pages in (and even that's generous sometimes). But here, the things I was still grappling with were mysteries in-text that you're supposed to be in the dark about. the flow of information feels very organic. It's just a really well structured book in its bones, and that's not even touching on how very good the romance between Malini and Priya is, how great the themes of the cost of revolution/who is a revolution for/what power does and doesn't do/what is power and what does it mean to weild it...
It's just a really good book y'all.
This is going to sound like a minor thing, but I really liked Suri's pacing of the book. The first half of the book takes place over what, a month or so, with the latter half taking place over the course of like 2 days. And that switch in time spans never feels abrupt or like Suri didn't give enough time to everything she needed to. It's a very natural transition and that rules. The world of this fantasy is very well established. I feel like usually in epic fantasies/high fantasies you're just supposed to be lost until like 100 pages in (and even that's generous sometimes). But here, the things I was still grappling with were mysteries in-text that you're supposed to be in the dark about. the flow of information feels very organic. It's just a really well structured book in its bones, and that's not even touching on how very good the romance between Malini and Priya is, how great the themes of the cost of revolution/who is a revolution for/what power does and doesn't do/what is power and what does it mean to weild it...
It's just a really good book y'all.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, Drug use, and Violence
Moderate: War, Body horror, and Torture
Minor: Sexism, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse