![]() ![]() As a street artist, her struggles in life are very much like our own. The main character, Oree, is also a lot more relatable than Yeine from the first book. Compared to The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, the plot here is much more engaging and tightly paced, easily keeping me on the edge of my seat for almost the entire read, which is a rare thing as far as fantasy books go for me (I tend to find most of them not suspenseful in that particular way). This journey-filled with suspense, action, and plenty of surprises, is the main reason for the four stars. The two become unexpected allies when a conspiracy against godlings disrupts the order of the city, and a journey of dangerous intrigue ensues. ![]() Set ten years after the ending of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, The Broken Kingdoms features a mostly new cast of characters, mainly Oree, a blind artist living in a city beneath the World Tree, and Bright Itempas. I'm giving the same four stars to this book, although it didn't speak to me nearly as much-in fact, not even as much as The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, which I only rated 3. I gave four stars to The Killing Moon, although it is now one of my personal classics. Jemisin's books tend to make me feel that numeric ratings are pointless. ![]()
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