#daevabad trilogy

[carlyleandco]

I just finished The City of Brass, and whilst I enjoyed it, I’m kinda bummed about the lack of female characters, save Nahri.

Can someone tell me if the second book improves in terms of female representation? And female characters that actually have some bearing on the plot, please.

Disappointing to see from a female author, and from what was an otherwise enjoyable read.

[silly--fangirl]

should i adore him? no, absolutely not. do i still adore him? yes, i do.

[bemtevis]

nahri having just been thrown into a world full of people who only know how to lie and trick and manipulate vs alizayd who is constantly chastised for saying whatever's on his mind and choosing honesty over manners

[geraniums-red]

S.A. Chakraborty - The Empire of Gold

Book three of the Daevabad trilogy

There is a lot of story in this story. It's 750 pages long, and those pages are packed. I finished The Kingdom of Copper, and needed some time to recover from everything that happened at the end of that book, and there are yet more things happening here.

There is a society that depends on magic for its basic functions doing their best to survive when almost everyone has lost their magic. There are the incredibly brutal ways in which the conquerors of the city of Daevabad try to get the inhabitants to cooperate, and punish them when they rebel. There is politics and scheming and shifting alliances as people try to balance what they want with what is pragmatic to ask for. There are mystical creatures and magic weapons, and beings that can give you incredible powers if they don't decide to destroy you instead. And there are heart-warming and often funny interactions between Nahri and Ali and Muntadhir and Jamshid, all of whom reach the end of the book alive, if not necessarily in the same state they started it.

Recommended, but start at the beginning of the trilogy, and be braced for a lot of civilian casualties.

[dead-not-done]

some semi-modern aesthetics i made for a few of my favorite fantasy girlies <3

nahri e-nahid // the daevabad trilogy by s.a. chakraborty

citra terranova // arc of a scythe series by neal shusterman

emilia di carlo // kingdom of the wicked by kerri maniscalco

jude duarte // the folk of the air series by holly black

shin lina // last of the talons by sophie kim

evangeline fox // once upon a broken heart by stephanie garber

alina starkov // the grishaverse by leigh bardugo

[jinsai-ish]

Finished The Daevabad Trilogy and having feelings m

[trench-rot]

Does anyone have a favorite person to order book rebinds from? I can't find the trilogy I'd like listed, so I'm thinking the easiest way would be to find someone that does 100% customs. TIA🖤

[thelastpagc]

the tragedy of characters attempting to break free from the cycle (violence, fate, generational trauma, etc.) that they go down a path and become someone they don’t even recognize all to fulfill the cycle they had every intention of breaking and fail the quest

[viinas]

Whenever @eerna commissions me to draw her latest Special Girl I always know I'm going to have a blast.

[bemtevis]

nahri alizayd adhd autism couple so true

[cowboyscaviar]

basically

[geraniums-red]

S.A. Chakraborty - The Kingdom of Copper

Book 2 of the Daevabad Trilogy

This is an epic book, in more than one sense of the word. It's about rulers and armies and the fate of kingdoms and those who live in them. It's about rebellions and retributions and horrific magical self-propagating weapons and the people willing to use them. It's about those trying to save the lives in front of them and trying to make choices that would lead to a more peaceful world. It's also a long book - I'm not sure how many pages the paper copy has, but the audiobook is 23 hours long.

Epic fantasy isn't my preferred genre, but the story is told on a human scale, with characters making good and bad decisions and conflicting with each other in ways that remain true to their personalities and the world they live in. There are also vivid descriptions of food and buildings and clothing and magic, showing the beauty of the setting as well as its bloodshed.

It's in the nature of this sort of book that a lot of people die. Most of them aren't people we've been introduced to, but a few are. As with the first book in the series, the main characters are remarkably good at surviving, and it's worth waiting to mourn anyone until they are very definitely dead.

This is the second book in the trilogy, and although the story is still ongoing and there are plenty of actions whose consequences are unclear, it thankfully refrains from ending with anyone in mortal peril.

Recommended, but don't start here - read The City of Brass first.

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Characters, book, and author names under the cut

Jamshid e-Pramukh/Muntadhir al Qahtani - The Daevabad Trilogy by S. A. Chakraborty

Henry Montague (Monty)/Percy Newton - The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

Tyrannus Basilton (“Baz”) Grimm-Pitch/Simon Snow - Carry On Series by Rainbow Rowell

Jace Boucher/Aaron Slaughter - House of Slaughter by James Tynion IV

[bogreader]

my god i just imagined if hatset had walked in on that

[vaguelyaperson]

the worst part of being a voracious reader is reading all these amazing series that deserve a vibrant fandom and movie/show deals yesterday, but there are only a few passionate fans doing their best and like five fanarts. mother I crave more attention for my book blorbos

[ujiuniversefactory]

Alizayd "the biggest simp" Al Qahtani 😆

Was reading the extra scenes of daevabad and my heart melted reading this Ali & Nahri short scene