S. A. Chakraborty continues the sweeping adventure begun in The City of Brass--the best adult fantasy I've read since The Name of the Wind (#1 New York Times bestselling author Sabaa Tahir)--conjuring a world where djinn summon flames with the snap of a finger and waters run deep with old magic; where blood can be dangerous as any spell, and a clever con artist from Cairo will alter the fate of a kingdom.Nahri's life changed forever the moment she accidentally summoned Dara, a formidable, mysterious djinn, during one of her ...
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S. A. Chakraborty continues the sweeping adventure begun in The City of Brass--the best adult fantasy I've read since The Name of the Wind (#1 New York Times bestselling author Sabaa Tahir)--conjuring a world where djinn summon flames with the snap of a finger and waters run deep with old magic; where blood can be dangerous as any spell, and a clever con artist from Cairo will alter the fate of a kingdom.Nahri's life changed forever the moment she accidentally summoned Dara, a formidable, mysterious djinn, during one of her schemes. Whisked from her home in Cairo, she was thrust into the dazzling royal court of Daevabad--and quickly discovered she would need all her grifter instincts to survive there. Now, with Daevabad entrenched in the dark aftermath of a devastating battle, Nahri must forge a new path for herself. But even as she embraces her heritage and the power it holds, she knows she's been trapped in a gilded cage, watched by a king who rules from the throne that once belonged to her family--and one misstep will doom her tribe.. Meanwhile, Ali has been exiled for daring to defy his father. Hunted by assassins, adrift on the unforgiving copper sands of his ancestral land, he is forced to rely on the frightening abilities the marid--the unpredictable water spirits--have gifted him. But in doing so, he threatens to unearth a terrible secret his family has long kept buried. And as a new century approaches and the djinn gather within Daevabad's towering brass walls for celebrations, a threat brews unseen in the desolate north. It's a force that would bring a storm of fire straight to the city's gates . . . and one that seeks the aid of a warrior trapped between worlds, torn between a violent duty he can never escape and a peace he fears he will never deserve.
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Add this copy of The Kingdom of Copper: a Novel: the Daevabad Trilogy, to cart. $106.83, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by HarperCollins B and Blackstone.
With the aftermath of events in The City of Brass in recent memory, can Nahri build bridges and forge a new future for her people?
The Kingdom of Copper is the second book in the Daevabad Trilogy, you can see my 4* review of The City of Brass, which is the first in the series here - https://www.kindig.co.uk/post/review-the-city-of-brass. Overall I enjoyed this second installment although I did feel like it suffered from second-book-in-a-trilogy syndrome in some respects as parts of the middle of the plot felt a little like filler and it didn't move forward much until the end but it was still a solid read. I had lamented the fact that Nahri seemed to lose her personality around men in the first book, particularly with the Dara plotline but this didn't seem to happen much in this book. Admittedly this may be because Dara has much less of a part in this book which I thought was a bit of a shame as he gets a lot more interesting in this plotline!
As in the first book, I felt there were a few things that could have been explained in better detail. Relics, for example become quite a big feature in this book - especially bringing up the fact that everyone wears one which is something I had not picked up on or remembered from the previous book. As with the first book, the ending is an action packed cliff-hanger and I'm excited to see the conclusion of this trilogy when the next one is released.
Over The Kingdom of Copper is a solid next installment of the Deavabad Trilogy and I'm looking forward to Book 3. Thank you to NetGalley & Harper Collins UK - HarperVoyager for the chance to read the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
