The Daevabad Trilogy is one of my favourite series ever, so to celebrate the release of the third and final book, The Empire of Gold, I decided to do a post of the five main reasons people should read these amazing books.
I mean, who doesn't want these gorgeous covers gracing their shelves?
The Daevabad Trilogy contains so many amazing characters, and I want to be friends with most of them, but Dara, Nahri and Ali in particular. None of them were perfect, but they felt so real and I loved how witty they all were.
I feel like a really connected with and got to know Nahri, Ali and Dara and I adore them so much. I know that they will all stay with me for a very long time.
I also liked the diversity and representation among the characters.
The relationships are so well-written and gave me so many feels!
Daevabad is such a lush, interesting setting. I loved discovering new parts to the city and the writing made it feel like I was actually walking the streets with the characters.
I also enjoyed reading the chapters that were set in historical Egypt.
The plot twists!!!!!
SO MANY PLOT TWISTS!!!!
Just when you've recovered from the last plot twist, the author throws another at you!
There are some awesome fight scenes that had me on the edge of my seat and unsure what was going to happen.
This is a series that definitely keeps you guessing.
That's right!!!!! Netfix is adapting The City of Brass!!! This news had me squealing and jumping around like a lunatic.
I CAN'T WAIT for this!
Of course, I'm terrified that the adaptation will be awful, but it could be so, so EPIC! And, as Patrick Ness once said "the book remains".
Find out more here.
I CAN'T WAIT for this!
Of course, I'm terrified that the adaptation will be awful, but it could be so, so EPIC! And, as Patrick Ness once said "the book remains".
Find out more here.
*Spoilers for the series beyond this point!!!!!*
Title: The Empire of Gold (The Daevabad Trilogy, #3)
Author: S.A. Chakraborty
Pages: 784 (NOT 400! Goodreads lies!)
Publisher: HarperVoyager
Release Date: 11th June 2020
Blurb from Goodreads:
The
final chapter in the bestselling, critically acclaimed Daevabad
Trilogy, in which a con-woman and an idealistic djinn prince join
forces to save a magical kingdom from a devastating civil war.
Daevabad has fallen.
After a brutal conquest stripped the city of its magic, Nahid
leader Banu Manizheh and her resurrected commander, Dara, must try to
repair their fraying alliance and stabilize a fractious, warring
people.
But the bloodletting and loss of his beloved Nahri have unleashed
the worst demons of Dara’s dark past. To vanquish them, he must
face some ugly truths about his history and put himself at the mercy
of those he once considered enemies.
Having narrowly escaped their murderous families and Daevabad’s
deadly politics, Nahri and Ali, now safe in Cairo, face difficult
choices of their own. While Nahri finds peace in the old rhythms and
familiar comforts of her human home, she is haunted by the knowledge
that the loved ones she left behind and the people who considered her
a savior are at the mercy of a new tyrant. Ali, too, cannot help but
look back, and is determined to return to rescue his city and the
family that remains. Seeking support in his mother’s homeland, he
discovers that his connection to the marid goes far deeper than
expected and threatens not only his relationship with Nahri, but his
very faith.
As peace grows more elusive and old players return, Nahri, Ali,
and Dara come to understand that in order to remake the world, they
may need to fight those they once loved…and take a stand for those
they once hurt.
My Review:
*I received an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Thanks to HarperVoyager and NetGalley*
- Contains spoilers
for the previous books in the series -
Daevabad is back in
the hands of a Nahid, but Banu Manizheh's bloody takeover of the city
doesn't mean that she is in full control of the citizens. With the
legendary warrior Dara at her side, Manizheh fights to bring everyone
into her regime.
Nahri and Ali have
escaped from Manizheh and find themselves in Cairo, Nahri's former
home. Ali is determined to save his people and city, but he needs to
gather support in order to overthrow Manizheh.
Can Nahri leave
Cairo behind again in order to save Daevabad and her friends from her
mother?
Will Nahri and Ali
be able to gather enough people to help them stop Manizheh?
To say that I was
nervous to read The Empire of Gold would be an understatement. The
series had already cemented itself as one of my favourites and I was
worried that the ending would disappoint me. However, I shouldn't
have worried.
There are a lot of
words I could use to describe The Empire of Gold - compelling,
delightful, action-packed, heart-wrenching, heart-warming, complex,
extraordinary . . . I could go on but there is one word that sums it
up - PERFECT. I could not have asked for a better ending to the
trilogy and The Empire of Gold is without a doubt my favourite end to
a trilogy/series, second only to The Return of the King by J.R.R.
Tolkien.
The plot was
fantastic and kept me guessing. I had no idea what was going to
happen, but I was happy with the ending and thought that everything
came together brilliantly. I was on the edge of my seat for most of
the book. I swore and cried (a lot), and felt my stomach sink and my
heart soar several times.
The characters are
among my all-time favourites, Nahri and Dara especially, but I also
love Ali as well as many of the secondary characters. They will
definitely stick with me for a long time and I loved how witty and
relatable they all were.
I have to applaud
the author for all the planning she did because it must have taken
ages to plot everything so intricately.
The world the
Daevabad trilogy is set in is very complex and intriguing and I would
love to read more books set in it.
I'm so pleased that
I loved this book and I would definitely recommend this series to
fantasy fans.
My only warning to
people wanting to read this series is that there are a lot of terms
introduced in the first book, The City of Brass, and it took me a
while to wrap my head around them.
I can't wait to
re-read this series so that I can experience the magic of Daevabad
all over again.
Overall, this was
the perfect end to the series.
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