inheritance trilogy – Cannonball Read 17

Some short stories to finish off this series.

Shades in Shadow (Inheritance Trilogy, #3.75) by N.K. Jemisin

July 6, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

**30 Books in 30 Days** Book 2/30 I pre-ordered this and it downloaded on release day. In July 2015. I did this little collection a disservice by waiting six years to read it. I really had to do some Google-fu to refresh my memory on the events and the characters in the series. In the end, I still think I would have given it three stars, maybe 3.5, but it wouldn’t have been so much frickin’ work. (The Awakened Kingdom, the novella Jemisin released as […]

Yet another final book in a trilogy that can’t stand up to the greatness of the first two books

July 5, 2015 by yesknopemaybe Leave a Comment

I wish the love affair could have lasted, but the final book in N. K. Jemisin’s Inheritance series was such a disappointment for me. There was a good book hidden in those 600+ pages, but The Kingdom of Gods needed a few more drafts and some massive editing to get there. I can’t figure out what happened with this one. The first two books of the series were so tightly plotted with clear character arcs. This one just meandered forever with the main character resisting […]

Oh My Gods

June 29, 2015 by yesknopemaybe Leave a Comment

Yeine Darr is the very young leader of a barbaric northern kingdom, but after her mother mysteriously dies, she’s named one of the heirs to rule the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. She travels to the capital city Sky and is quickly thrust into a complicated and deadly game of politics. Her cousins, the other heirs, are not keen on allowing Yeine to ascend to the throne. Practically everyone in Sky is against her, but luckily she finds a few people she can (sort of) trust. As […]

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