I found Tasha Suri's 'The Oleander Sword' a very compelling and atmospheric book, with plausible worldbuilding, and a very weighty and consequential approach to magic. Very striking prose too, which I've rarely found in my efforts to get up to speed with contemporary fantasy. Highly recommended.

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Review by paracyclops - The Oleander Sword

Tasha Suri's Burning Kingdoms trilogy, of which this The Oleander sword is the middle book, is...

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