Literally: we start with women being burned to death, sacrifices to an ancient tradition and to punish an imperial princess who believes the wrong brother sits on the throne.
The Jasmine Throne starts a new series ( The Burning Kingdoms) and if the themes are familiar to readers of The Books of Ambha, it’s all about the execution. I’m all strangled vowels and twisted feelings and a deep-burning satisfaction that yes, actually, THIS is how you do fantasy right. I barely know where to start with a review of The Jasmine Throne. Chandra’s cruelty may set the whole Empire alight. But allies are sometimes found in the strangest places, and Malini is not alone in her fear of the Emperor.
When his rebellious sister refuses to be sacrificed, she is imprisoned. The new Parijatdvipan Emperor is a tyrant and a zealot, fond of ‘purifying’ women with flame.
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