Bone Shard Emperor

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Bone Shard Emperor (2022, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)

560 pages

English language

Published May 28, 2022 by Little, Brown Book Group Limited.

ISBN:
9780356514970

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4 stars (1 review)

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Bone Shard Emperor

4 stars

I'm continuing my reread of this series before I get to the new final book in the trilogy. This book has Lin getting square into politics, avoiding assassination attempts, and trying to wrangle all of the islands and stepping into more mysteries that her father has left her. The climax of the book manages to believably get ~all of the major characters together into the same place for a final battle with some murky sides and shifting loyalties. I definitely appreciated the slow dribble of lore and backstory through journal translations; we learn a lot more about the Sukais, the empire, and the Alanga and I am here for all of it.

That said, I forgot just how uncomfortable this book was for me to read. I think it mostly revolves around the way Jovis is being pulled in multiple directions. I think it's one thing for the first book …