Genre: Epic Fantasy 🪷🗡️
Tropes/Themes: Inspired by Indian History and Epics; Multiple POV; Sapphic; Priestess/Queen; Feminine Power/Wrath; Deities
🌶️: 💖 (closed door, suggestive dialogue)
CW: explicit violence (including war, immolation, self-immolation); gender-based violence; homophobia and internalized homophobia; self-mutilation; abusive family dynamics; child endangerment and abandonment; grief and loss; forced familial separation; body horror (plant-based, cosmic, gore); colorism; mild recreational drug use
Review:
A narrative masterpiece 🔥
A soul aching, gut wrenching, heartbreaking continuation of The Burning Kingdoms. I was so caught up in swoony feelings over sweet love letters that every twist smacked into me like a Mac truck 🚛 this series has quickly become my favorite fantasy series