The Jasmine Throne

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Published June 9, 2021 by Orbit.

ISBN:
978-0-356-51564-9
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4 stars (28 reviews)

6 editions

reviewed The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (The Burning Kingdoms, #1)

Recommended

4 stars

This was the April book in the book club I have with two friends and we all liked it so much that we want to read the sequel.

I really liked the setting - I haven't come across many fantasy novels based on old India. We also get wood magic, supernatural (or alien?) beings, a mysterious illness and a magical temple. The worldbuilding is great and very dense. I found it hard to put the book down once I had gotten into it because it felt like being in a different world. The story, too, is more complex than I expected and there are some interesting and unexpected twists. The romance doesn't follow the usual patterns, either, I felt. If you're into fantasy you should check this one out. #2024reads

reviewed The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (The Burning Kingdoms, #1)

[Adapted from initial review on Goodreads.]

4 stars

This is one of those books with lots of characters, lots of names, lots of viewpoints, and complicated plot including political shenanigans. Sometimes a new viewpoint character is introduced (along with everyone in their vicinity at the time) only to die at the end of the chapter; sometimes a new viewpoint character is introduced and turns out to be very important and not someone to forget. All of which is to say: if you read very slowly or have trouble with concentration and memory, this is maybe not the book for you.

It has a lot going for it, though: excellent worldbuilding, complex characters and relationships, revolutions, a rot and a religion that combine blood with foliage (and personally I'm always going to be interested in something that involves bleeding trees or, for that matter, flowering veins. This has both). I don't have much specific to say about it right …

reviewed The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (The Burning Kingdoms, #1)

Review of 'The Jasmine Throne' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

4,5 stars. This was an excellent story, with all the ingredients that make a good fantasy. Although anyone that has some experience with fantasy novels could see from the start how the two leading ladies would end up (and I'm not talking about the romance here).

It would have been 5 stars, but I was not really a fan of how the book was written. There are a lot of different POV's, and I understand that was necessary to explain the plot, but I'm not a fan of this style. What I did not like was that there were a couple of chapters where a random character was introduced, with all their thoughts and actions, only to have that character die at the end of the chapter. I think there are better ways to handle that, but that's an entirely personal opinion.

Also, why does it say TikTok made me …

Review of 'The Jasmine Throne' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

World building 10/10! Everything else rates a tepid ok. Characters: yeah. Language: competent. Gay yearning: present. Pacing: well ok, the pacing sucks- Nothing changes for the first 75% of the whole book & that is a lot of pages. But there's cool magic, aeons of history, multifaceted politics, different religions & castes, all in a lush, breathing world. Sadly there just doesn't seem like there's enough plot to fill that lovely world.

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