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This book pulls the rug out from under your feet, but not necessarily in the best way

The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty

April 15, 2021 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

HMMM this book, this book. I had SO very many thoughts after reading it, and I definitely should have just pounded this out immediately after reading it because now I am onto book the next and already some of my biting insights have started to flutter away. I would say that for large portions of the the middle of this book, I was pretty certain that I wasn’t going to read on and would instead force one of my friends who had finished the series […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Daevabad, S.A. Chakraborty

wicherwill's CBR13 Review No:64 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Daevabad, S.A. Chakraborty ·
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A fitting end to a wonderful trilogy

Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty

December 31, 2020 by Aquillia 1 Comment

Empire of Gold featured in my ‘Best Books of the Year’ blurb, so why haven’t I written a review yet? I’m not quite sure, but I do know that it’s not the malaise that sometimes comes with ‘average’ books. I have loved each entry in the Daevabad trilogy more than the next, and Empire of Gold was that gold standard (no pun intended)–a conclusion that manages to surprise and yet feel inevitable and right, one that hits a perfect thematic ending note. Chakraborty has built up […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Daevabad, empire of gold, S.A. Chakraborty

Aquillia's CBR12 Review No:29 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Daevabad, empire of gold, S.A. Chakraborty ·
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