Empire of Sand : 4 stars


Empire of Sand is a fantasy book inspired by South Asian mythology and Hinduism (as the author explains), it was very interesting and the main character, Mehr, was not "strong" in the the badass fighting type sense, but for her resilience and kindness, (the "villain" was horrible ugh I hated him).

If I had to complain about something, it would be that the story felt slow at times and I would have liked more chapters that were not from Mehr's POV, but I did not feel "bored" or anything^^

This book had a very solid romance (guy is a soft boi trying to survive in this harsh world), that felt well developed and organic, friendship, family, sacrifice, I will for sure read the companion novel following this book.