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I just finished memory of empire. Whew it took me forever to get thru the first like 50 pages, but it was a good read once it got going. But!!!! The ending left me so sad!!! I loved the dynamic bt Mahit/Three Seagrass the entire story, but then the ending was disappointing for me. Asdfghjkl. There’s a sequel tho, right? I need more. And Three Seagrass embroiled in whatever comes next. I thought I was getting ride-or-die vibes the whole book lol. Thanks for the rec.

Ah, as always, sorry this took so long. Still making my way through all these, although who knows if people even care about the answers at this point. 

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The ending did feel abrupt! But I saw it as setting up the sequel. I can’t imagine that Three Grass isn’t going to feature in it? But I don’t even know what the sequel will be about. It’s been a while since I read Memory of Empire but she was returning to her home but there was still unease, right, some mystery power outside their border and capable of threatening the whole empire? So surely she’ll be back with the main Teixcalaan powers at some point. You don’t keep the POV character away from important Events. Unless they change the POV character… 

I don’t remember so much from the first book, I’m going to have to reread it before the sequel comes out…all the way next year. It got delayed all the way from March 2020 to March 2021. 😡

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Giveaway: The True Queen

Giveaway: The True Queen

Two Malay sisters wake up with no memories and have to deal with magic, Regency England, the fae and dragons to discover their past. 

That’s a heckuva summary and it did its job: I was intrigued enough to check out the sample, even though I was in the middle of another busy few days and work and didn’t have the time to actually read a whole book. But the sample was a great and quick read, only whetting my appetite for the whole book and whenever I got any breaks, I just could not stop reading. 

This is the second in a series but focuses on new characters, so while the main characters from the previous book do feature, it’s not necessary to have read it, as I didn’t. We start with the two sisters waking up on a Malay island and while it’s not important to the story, they are Muslim! There are little mentions and nods to that throughout the book, woven in with the fact that magic is commonplace everywhere, including among the Muslim community. 

The sisters are taken in by a respectable Malay witch but to help them break the curse that took their memories, she sends them to her friend, the Sorcereress Royal in England. Things happen and then happen some more, occasionally a bit predictably but nothing that detracted from my enjoyment. It was just a super fun read.

Don’t take the Amazon rating to heart, there’s a bit of homophobia skewing it down. That’s right, the book has f/f! I won’t spoil it, it’s also not a major part of the story but was quite nice to have.

I have two digital copies to give away and as always, if you don’t win one and can’t afford or don’t want to buy it, you can still help support authors by requesting it from your library, checking it out, and leaving reviews on Amazon.