I was immediately drawn into the world where the sister of the emperor, Malini, is imprisoned and mistreated for her refusal to burn to death at the orders of her younger brother, Emperor Chandra. “What would be enough justice–enough blood, enough death, enough suffering-for an emperor who sought to burn his own sister to death?” Though I found I didn’t like the romance between the two leads as much in The Jasmine Throne as in the author’s other books, I still really enjoyed the female characters outside of their relationship. When I found out that Tashi Suri, the author of Realm of Ash and Empire of Sand, had written a new book, I just had to read it! The Jasmine Throne did not disappoint, taking me right out of a continued reading slump with its lush and interesting world-building, powerful female characters, and political strife. Together, they will change the fate of an empire. The other is a priestess seeking to find her family. One is a vengeful princess seeking to depose her brother from his throne. She is happy to be an anonymous drudge, so long as it keeps anyone from guessing the dangerous secret she hides.īut when Malini accidentally bears witness to Priya’s true nature, their destinies become irrevocably tangled. Priya is a maidservant, one among several who make the treacherous journey to the top of the Hirana every night to clean Malini’s chambers. Imprisoned by her dictator brother, Malini spends her days in isolation in the Hirana: an ancient temple that was once the source of the powerful, magical deathless waters - but is now little more than a decaying ruin. The Jasmine Throne (Burning Kingdoms, #1) by Tasha Suriīuy on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, The Book DepositoryĪuthor of Empire of Sand and Realm of Ash Tasha Suri's The Jasmine Throne, beginning a new trilogy set in a world inspired by the history and epics of India, in which a captive princess and a maidservant in possession of forbidden magic become unlikely allies on a dark journey to save their empire from the princess's traitor brother. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

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