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A review by afi_whatafireads
The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
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
5.0
t finally came to an end.
I had a very long journey with this series. I finished the first two in 2021, started this one right after, only to leave it during one of the breaking points that made me just... weep.
Fast forward in 2023, she picked this up again, so that I can FINALLY give a shout to the whole world ; HELLO PEOPLE I LOVE THESE SERIES. I can't not give this book a 5 stars, but if in terms of the whole series, my ranking would be these:
1- The Kingdom of Copper
2- Empire of Gold
3 - The City of Brass
Kingdom of Copper will still remain superior to me, as I just loved the themes that were in the book. Empire of Gold is the repercussions and in answering so many unanswered questions following from the first two; and we get a whirlwhind of adventures with Empire of Gold and it made my heart soar reading this.
There's no denying that these whole series as a whole; its the perfect introduction to
1- Fantasy World Settings ; and yes this setting makes me happy reading it due to good references from historical worlds
2 - The pacing of the story ; best if you're just transitioning from YA and moving to Big Adult Fantasy Books
3 - Characters ; just love love love the myriad of characters in here. You can't go wrong with this.
And in the case of Empire of Gold, this chunky 700+ pages of book gives us
- The proper closure we needed for each character
- Gives somewhat a new hope and setting possible for a new world (in which The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi is set in the same world yeay)
- Showed how Chakraborty really EXCELS in adventure-isque stories and I honestly can't wait to read the pirate book, cause even in Empire of Gold, it was already so good to a point it got me crying.
This book is everything . It brought me pain. It brought me joy.
And most importantly, it gave me the best sense of closure for a series that I can finally announce to people: HEY I LOVE THESE SERIES and not just THE BOOKS :')
Yeay to me.
I had a very long journey with this series. I finished the first two in 2021, started this one right after, only to leave it during one of the breaking points that made me just... weep.
Fast forward in 2023, she picked this up again, so that I can FINALLY give a shout to the whole world ; HELLO PEOPLE I LOVE THESE SERIES. I can't not give this book a 5 stars, but if in terms of the whole series, my ranking would be these:
1- The Kingdom of Copper
2- Empire of Gold
3 - The City of Brass
Kingdom of Copper will still remain superior to me, as I just loved the themes that were in the book. Empire of Gold is the repercussions and in answering so many unanswered questions following from the first two; and we get a whirlwhind of adventures with Empire of Gold and it made my heart soar reading this.
There's no denying that these whole series as a whole; its the perfect introduction to
1- Fantasy World Settings ; and yes this setting makes me happy reading it due to good references from historical worlds
2 - The pacing of the story ; best if you're just transitioning from YA and moving to Big Adult Fantasy Books
3 - Characters ; just love love love the myriad of characters in here. You can't go wrong with this.
And in the case of Empire of Gold, this chunky 700+ pages of book gives us
- The proper closure we needed for each character
- Gives somewhat a new hope and setting possible for a new world (in which The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi is set in the same world yeay)
- Showed how Chakraborty really EXCELS in adventure-isque stories and I honestly can't wait to read the pirate book, cause even in Empire of Gold, it was already so good to a point it got me crying.
This book is everything . It brought me pain. It brought me joy.
And most importantly, it gave me the best sense of closure for a series that I can finally announce to people: HEY I LOVE THESE SERIES and not just THE BOOKS :')
Yeay to me.