After a first book where the protagonist work to get what they want, they finally manage to achieve it there. Only to get it all cruelly taken away. I’m eager to read the last volume of the trilogy. The fate of the characters feel already set, and hope is rare. I’m not sure what will happen, but it’s likely to make me cry. But whether it is of joy of sadness I don’t know.
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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...