Book 43 - Food&Fashun

Title: The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy #2)

Author: S. A. Chakraborty

Genre: high fantasy

LOOK. AT. THIS. COVER.

Omg. It's amazing. It's beautiful.

And it absolutely does this book justice.

The first in this series is real good. I love the fresh new fantasy Chakraborty creates, with complex intersections of politics, magic, history, religion, and lore. But this instalment is even better than the first:

1. The book doesn't just introduce new characters; it deepens the reader's understanding of those we've gotten to know and love/hate in the City of Brass, which is so amazing and smart and how-did-she-pull-it-off, and also means that when they do dumb shit yes, I groan, but it completely fits their character.

2. The WORLDBUILDING. Like damn. There are so many moving parts - power conflicts, overlaid histories, gender norms, political games, family tension, religion and custom considerations, racism, classism...every inch of this world is meticulously developed, so the reader only has to orient themselves in the space and then dive in and enjoy the story

3. The food and the fashion. WOW. Although this ties in with world-building for sure, it deserves its own bullet. Chakraborty has gone all out for this book, with impeccable descriptions of food and clothing that enhance every scene.

Rating: 🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓