69. The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

The Library Coven

AND WE’RE BACK! Season 5 begins with our discussion of The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri, the first book in the Burning Kingdoms series. This book is a multi-POV tale that mostly follows Priya, a young adult with magical powers who’s entire adopted family has been killed, and Malini, an exiled princess who is trying to steal the throne from her evil brother.

The books for this first series of episodes were will be releasing were all chosen by our wonderful patrons! If you need some bookish camaraderie, join our Patreon! It’s a pay-what-you-can model starting at $1/month.

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This book was chosen by the wonderful Melisa @melisa.reads.it.all. You can follow her on instagram for more reviews of what she’s reading and for more book suggestions!

content warning for brief mention of child death

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• Recommend if you like…

• • An Ember in the Ashes*
  • Game of Thrones
  • Six of Crows*
  • Children of Blood and Bone*
  • The Poppy War * (adult)
  • Neon Yang’s Tensorate series of fantasy/silk punk novels (adult)

These book share multiple POVs, have high fantasy vibes and lots of politicking going on

* we’ve done episodes for all of these books! but you don’t have to take our word for it – go ahead and scroll thru our episodes page

• Here’s an interview with the author that discusses the inspiration for the magical systems in the book and what real life things they’re based on
  
• Mary Oliver reads her poem “The Summer Day” (aka “The Grasshopper”)

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