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The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2) by S.A. Chakraborty

The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2) by S.A. Chakraborty

Readers return to the magical world of the city of Daevabad in The Kingdom of Copper, the second book in the Daevabad trilogy.

This story begins a few years after the conclusion of the last book. Nahri has solidified her place in Daevabad with a strategic marriage. Ali has been exiled to a far land because of his actions in the previous book. And Dara, one of my favorite characters, finds himself in service to a djinn whom he believed was long dead.

… goodness has gotten me nowhere in Daevabad. Everyone I try to help ends up worse off.” pg 202, ebook

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The characters continue to be neither right nor wrong in this entry in the series, but all end up in some gray place in-between. They all take actions that they believe are right and sometimes actions that they believe are necessary. Sometimes the outcome is good, but other times it turns out very, very badly.

I like that about this book. S.A. Chakraborty does a good job of distilling the messiness of life and the clash of four or five different cultures in one city. Even though this is a fantasy tale, I feel like this story could really happen, relationship-wise, out in the real world.

“You were created to burn, to exist between worlds- not to form yourself into armies and pledge your lives to leaders who would toss them away.” pg 396

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Of all the storylines, I was most interested in Dara’s perspective and seeing where the author was going to take this ancient being who had suffered so much heartache in his past. That being said, I didn’t enjoy his part of the story.

He’s so passionate but he’s always being used and abused by the people around him. I’d like to see him having a bigger say over his life and who is around him. I suppose it remains to be seen in the third book if he is finally able to embrace the freedom that he longs for so badly.

I was fortunate that the entire series is published so I’m able to read the books one after another and am able to keep all of the intricacies of the story straight in my head. I can’t imagine having years between reading books in this series. It would be too hard to remember.

The build up of the story felt a little slow to me, especially in the middle of the book. But, towards the end, when things began happening, they all went at once. It made for a very exciting ending which I felt was well done for the large cast of characters.

Highly recommended for fantasy readers.

Thanks for reading!