Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky. There, to her shock, Yeine is named an heiress to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle.
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“Jemisin’s engaging debut grabs readers right from the start…a complex, edge-of-your-seat story with plenty of funny, scary, and bittersweet twists.” (Publishers Weekly)
"I enjoyed this audiobook."
I love fantasy, but have tired of elves, trolls, and demons plots. This was refreshing and I will listen to the Broken Kingdom next.
"Fantastic"
I don't usually bother with reviews, but I found this book to out and out excellent, and the performance to be of equal quality. Jemisin has a great voice, and, not to be too literal here, so does Freeman. Going to start the next in the series tonight.
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This book is a jellyfish. Rural girl goes to capital city. She is one of 3 possible big boss candidates. All the other nobles are evil. They even have the steaming hot gods enslaved. Politics, war, romance and hotness should ensue right? Yeah, only its jellyfish politics, jellyfish war and, you got it, jellyfish romance all in a big fat white jellyfish city in a 2 weeks??? time.
When you desperately try to grab and hold onto a thread of the story you only end up with another handful of transparent goo and jellyfish squiggly bits. You don???t even get burned. It???s a Moon Jelly.