HarperVoyager The Kingdom of Copper

Arrived in good condition

La portada es hermosa, al igual que la primera parte viene con un acabado metálico que la hace lucir increíble, aún no lo he leído pero espero que sea mejor que City of Brass

Très bon état, très bon livre

Non conosco personalmente la storia,preso per mia nipote che è rimasta contenta, quindi posso consigliare il prodotto!

I bought this book back when it had just come out and though I had plans to read it, I held myself off from doing it. Why? Because I wanted to read the whole trilogy in one go. Well, when my request for The Empire of Gold was approved on NetGalley, I knew it was time. So I finally started the trilogy from the start. The review for the first one is right here!I should warn you going in, this might get spoilery as the review goes on. It is the second book in the trilogy and a lot happens that I just have to talk about, okay? Right, that’s you warned in case you haven’t caught up with this series yet.So, the book starts with the immediate-ish aftermath of what happened in the first book. Some dead people are brought back, some people are discovering some horrifying things and two people are married against their will. You know, the usual aftermath of a massive cliffhanger. Then we are immediately thrown in five years in the future. Some people have had issues with it and I can see why but for me, personally, I am really glad that it took that leap.After the political upheaval of the first book, Daevabad needed some time to get to a new normal. Nahri has been learning heaps about her healing and also trying to learn more about her people and how the religion plays into the whole Nahid business. Muntadhir is trying his best to live his life the way he always had, while showing an absolute brat face to the world like usual. Ali is struggling to survive after the mess of the fight at the docks. The less said about Ghassan the better because his only strategy to ‘keep peace’ in Daevabad is to kill people. So yeah.As far as characters are concerned, my favourite will always be Ali, I think. There’s such growth in the characters in this one, there’s still room to grow but from the first book to this one, Ali and Nahri really flourish as characters. There’s a depth to them that wasn’t quite there before. We also see Dara slowly learning that perhaps there’s not just one side to it to anything and despite that, he doesn’t really have a choice according to him.There’s politics aplenty in this one and the secrets are just, frankly, bursting forth like a dam breaking. There’s so much action and it’s more tightly packed than the first book which I really appreciated. The secondary characters (Jamshid and Zaynab, I love them with all my heart, okay?) also get more space in this one. There’s a few in particular that I absolutely enjoyed reading about. Relationships were explored in this one too! I love that Dara and Nahri, both have had time to have that weird closure to their intense feelings that were so obviously apparent in the first book. Nahri, in particular, is far more pragmatic than I thought was possible as far as first love goes.Let’s talk about the Al-Qahtani siblings because god, I just need to! I loved the weird dynamic they had back in the first book but this one showed more depth and feelings and boy, am I weak for siblings in series where they are actually there for each other despite not being the best sibling at times. Ugh, it’s so good!Overall, I really loved the pacing and the reveals of the book and thank gods I had the next book ready because once you have finished with this one, you are gonna want that next book on hand. While not quite the five star read I was expecting, this is nonetheless a perfect second book, in that, it didn’t suffer the middle book syndrome.

I didn't know how City of Brass would be beat, but this book takes everything I loved about Brass and elevates it. Political intrigue! Character conflict arises from characters having goals that conflict (rather than just stupid miscommunication). The setting is so vivid and detailed. The ending was so tense and well-plotted. I can't wait for the series finale.