The characters don’t seem whitewashed, and Chakraborty thought through everything from food to architecture to clothes. This book has plenty of representation - it’s set in the Middle East, with Nahri hailing from Cairo originally and following the Nile to arrive at the enchanted city of Daevabad.
(No need to go into detail there… you can Google “chapter 55 ACOMAF” if you want to know more.) Plus, there are YA novels (*cough* A Court of Thorns and Roses *cough*) that are infinitely more adult than City of Brass. It has great crossover appeal, and I think anyone who enjoys good writing and some magic would love it. It isn’t actually YA - it’s shelved in the adult fantasy section - but the themes, characters and liveliness remind me of the very best YA fantasy has to offer. This has quickly become one of my favorite fantasy series ever, right up there with Harry Potter and Sarah J. Everyone has changed a bit, and the city of Daevabad seems to be returning to some semblance of a status quo… but, of course, the threads of the universe pull our characters together once again and nothing goes according to plan. I’m a sucker for sequels where time has passed and people have lived their lives a bit before the story continues, and within the first couple of chapters you’ll find that five years have passed since the heart-stopping ending to book one.
This book was every bit as enthralling as the first one possibly a bit more. This is not your usual fantasy ‘sophomore slump’ sequel. Once I read the first page I was hooked, and I spent my whole weekend in S.A. I tried so, so hard to hold myself back from reading it right away - you have other reviews waiting, I told myself, but to no avail. It’s November, and I get to read this beautiful thing before it releases next year.
So, when I got the email from Harper Voyager saying I had access to an ARC of Kingdom of Copper… I almost had a heart attack. I knew as soon as I finished it that, unlike quite a few of the books I review for Fictionist, I was absolutely going to buy Book 2. It had everything: A dash of non-overpowering romance, three-dimensional characters, multiple POVs done right, mystery, intrigue, incredibly immersive worldbuilding and an amazing plot. Where can I even begin? City of Brass was my absolute, number one book pick last year.
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