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Wild Eyes (Rose Hill #2)

by Elsie Silver (Goodreads Author)

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The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1)

by Tasha Suri (Goodreads Author)

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read in June 2021

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Kelsey T said: " July 2022 reread: still very much obsessed with this book! Priya and Malini can stomp on me for all I care!!! I will say that my rating is probably closer to a 4.5 this time around. I don’t know if it was because of my reread but everything felt just July 2022 reread: still very much obsessed with this book! Priya and Malini can stomp on me for all I care!!! I will say that my rating is probably closer to a 4.5 this time around. I don’t know if it was because of my reread but everything felt just a tad anticlimactic and some of the povs this time around were meh. Buttt I’m super excited to dive into the oleander sword (thank u orbit and NetGalley for that arc as well🤧)!!

Thank you Netgalley and Orbit for proving me with an e-arc in exchange for a honest review

The Jasmine Throne is a multi-POV high fantasy novel with the focus on two young women, Malini and Priya. Malini is an exiled princess trapped at a cliff-side prison and due to certain circumstances Priya, who has a forbidden, ancient and secret magic, is tasked to be her maidservant. Eventually, Malini and Priya's destinies become entwined and they have to work together to restore a dying empire to its former glory.

There is so many wonderful things I can say about this book. The book had incredible world building, a fascinating and forbidden magic system, a sapphic romance subplot, amazing characters and a methodically slow plot that was politically driven that just added to the suspense of the novel overall.

As an adult high fantasy novel, The Jasmine Throne is a very approachable book with a wonderful writing style. As this book is multi-POV, with the two main POV's being Priya and Malini, it did not feel overwhelming and the additional POV's added so much more insight into the plot and characters of this books.

Priya and Malini are two characters that are very clearly flawed, don't make the right decisions most of the time and overall have great character development throughout the length of this book. The more you read, the more you will fall in love with these characters. Personally, I think Malini's character arc is truly incredible. From the beginning you see Malini standing up for something she believes in but then it dramatically cuts to her being described and shown as meek, ill and weak. As you read though, you come to understand and Malini transforms into the scheming and strong-minded character that is shown in the very beginning of the book. With how this book ended I am so excited to see what happens to not only Malini, but Priya and the world as well.

The Jasmine Throne had me invested from page 1 and I am very much looking forward to the rest of the series. If you are a fan of politically driven books that are Multi-POV with a sapphic romance subplot, then this is definitely the book for you! Happy Reading! ...more "

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Jul 17, 2022 06:33PM · see review