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Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri
3.0

this is not adult fiction. this is YA fiction, from the forced romance, to the “chosen one” plot, to the long passages of nothing but trauma bonding.

i would love for the politics of the empire and the conflict of a tyrannical leader to have been made more immediate beyond the first quarter of the book, but alas.

that said, the world building was stunning and unique, so i’m not ruling out enjoying further books in this universe.