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I loved this book more than the first one in the trilogy. I fell in love with the characters and even cried a bit.

Oh I have liked everything I have read so far from N. K. Jemisin. This was not as good as broken earth. But extremely solid and I cannot wait to read the next one.

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While I loved the end of this book & how the story across the trilogy wrapped up, for most of this book I wasn‘t super interested in the story.
That being said, seeing where she started & where she ended up just continues to cement to me the power of Jemisin & her work.

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When I finished book one in this series, I didn‘t know where Jemisin was going to take the series, and I absolutely could not have imagined how the story would continue!
Somehow seeming both very different and perfectly integrated into the world she built, book 2 was even better than the first. I cannot wait to see what she does in the final!

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It is very interesting reading this, Jemisin‘s debut novel, after reading her Broken Earth trilogy masterpiece(s), because you can see beginnings of her story & style here. It isn‘t as good as Broken Earth - will anything ever be? - but it was an incredibly realized, brutal world that ended in a way that I have absolutely no idea what direction book two will take. And that is very exciting!

I am not as I once was.

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I can‘t believe this was Jemisin‘s debut! I can see the early threads of her Broken Earth series in this one — the writing style and the way she weaves different characters and pieces together in a way that gives you a hint of what‘s coming while still leaving space for surprises. Loved this world and the gods and Yeine. I‘m excited to see where she takes this in book 2!

5⭐️ finished just in time to add it to my #AuldLangSpine list @monalyisha

My first book by this author and it was good and different. I've heard her most recent ones are even better. A good book to read during an illness, which I had. Maybe just a bit talky. Quite poetic though and kind of epic.

I am trying this series out. Looks good!