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bexbringsbooks 's review for:
Trial of the Sun Queen
by Nisha J. Tuli
This was a ton of fun. I can see why some people say it’s replacing their ACoTaR rec, but at the same time it is completely it’s own story. It’s interesting that despite certain narrative beats concluding, absolutely nothing feels resolved. If the second book hadn’t just come out, I don’t actually know what I’d do with myself. On another weird note, but not in a bad way, it feels like there was also no character development over the course of the novel. Even if their true faces aren’t shown immediately, no none seems to have grown or changed over the course of what they’ve experienced or endured, which is a unique choice to make. Great representation and a unique world with interesting divisions of and requirements of power. I have a few guesses as to a couple of the “mysteries” that have been hinted at, but absolutely nothing is confirmed. And the idea that anything can still happen is wonderfully exciting.