Non-Spoiler Review: The Kingdom of Copper Please don’t read on if you haven’t read book one! Note: While the review will be spoiler free for The Kingdom of Copper, being the sequel, it will spoil the contents of The City of Brass. “You have no experience with what happens to people like us during a war. ![]() I loved this book so much I ordered the sequel straight away, and I can’t wait to start it. It’s where we learn about magic, and get the wonderfully rich world building, but I just wish it picked up a little in placed in-between. I feel like the start and the ending were fast paced, but the middle was rather slow. The pacing of the book is the reason I didn’t five it five stars. I really enjoyed trying to piece together his background, and his fourteen-hundred year history as the scourge. He’s mysterious and alluring, and I loved the moments he spent with Nahri. While it was interesting to learn about the ins and outs of the empire, the resistance amongst the shafit, and the brewing tensions between djinn and daeva, I found Ali quite impulsive and blind to his actions.ĭara, the warrior Nahri summoned, is beautifully tragic. The chapters are long, and while I didn’t mind this with Nahri, I was less invested in Ali’s story line. With a strong religious belief, Ali prefers to be amongst his books, a scholar who wields a weapon. While the Emir wines, dines, and visits brothels and poetry readings, he’s in the Citadel, sworn to a life of solitude. The second POV belongs to Ali, the second price of the Emperor and the Qaid, meaning that when the Emir, his brother takes the throne, he’ll be responsible of protecting the city. The mystery surrounding the plot hinges on her identity, and not knowing who she can trust only thickens the suspense. She is put through so much in this book, and watching her struggle, and challenge her oppressors only made me champion her on, not to mention her sarcastic remarks and her determination to make her own choices. Within a day, she goes from being a healer becoming entwined in a conflict fourteen hundred years in the making. The book is split into two POVs, with Nahri’s being the main focus. Nahri is a treasure, and an inspirational protagonist. Chakraborty became a favourite author of mine. Often the mightiest things have the humblest beginnings.” Nahri slowly learns that the world is not as it seems, for all the campfire tales are true: magic exists, daeva’s and djinn walk the sands, and she’s right in the center of it. As the dead rise, they flee on a magic carpet, and head to the City of Brass. ![]() However, that all changes when Nahri accidentally summons a mysterious djinn warrior from the dead, who becomes her protector. She has the ability to see the ailments of others, she can look at someone at tell if they have a damaged lung or cancer, but she keeps it a secret. We start with Nahri in the streets of Cairo, conning a man into giving her money, which she puts towards her savings to learn to become a medic. The City of Brass is a middle eastern inspired adult fantasy. Trigger Warning: the following books contain mentions/depictions of violence and slavery. ![]() You can find me on instagram, goodreads, and twitter. I read The City of Brass and The Kingdom of Copper back to back, and then The Empire of Gold after a few weeks – only because I never owned a copy, if I had it, it would be an instant pick up. ![]() Unlike my usual reviews, I wanted to document my thoughts reading an entire trilogy.
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