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A review by megs1328
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
This has been on my priority TBR for years and I finally see what I've been missing! I enjoyed discovering the magical world of the Daevas through Nahri's human perspective. She grew up in 18th-century Cairo believing she was a human that happened to be talented in healing, but after accidentally summoning an ancient Djinn, Dara, she is taken by him to their ancestral city of Daevebad for protection. The first 40% of the novel is them getting to know each other in a forced proximity, distain to love, bodyguard/princess trope journey.
Upon arriving at the city, they are separated by Dara returning with the crown prince to hunt the beings that attacked them, and Nahri beginning her training as a healer. The king threatened the spare Ali to befriend Nahri with the intent to gain her trust so she is willing to wed the crown prince. Over the next couple months Ali teaches her to read and they do become friends. I'm glad it didn't turn into a love triangle.
The ending was very climatic, with some dramatic twists that left the book on a tense cliffhanger, I'm excited to get right into book 2!
Upon arriving at the city, they are separated by Dara returning with the crown prince to hunt the beings that attacked them, and Nahri beginning her training as a healer. The king threatened the spare Ali to befriend Nahri with the intent to gain her trust so she is willing to wed the crown prince. Over the next couple months Ali teaches her to read and they do become friends. I'm glad it didn't turn into a love triangle.
The ending was very climatic, with some dramatic twists that left the book on a tense cliffhanger, I'm excited to get right into book 2!