It’s five years after the first book in this series. Nahri is continuing her work as a healer, and dreams of reopening her family’s hospital in Daevabad. Ali has been exiled to his mother’s homeland, and has found a use for the marid’s power he picked up, finding water in the desert. But events (engineered […]
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I loved this book. At its barest bones, it’s “Rumpelstiltskin”, but the author is just using the spinning things into gold conceit and adding in Russian and Jewish folklore to get a fantastic tale of women taking charge of their lives to save the people they love. Miryem is the daughter of the local moneylender,
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Seeds are set for the year. The cucumbers are for BF – he thought they looked interesting. The kale came along with that, which was nice – it’s a variety I’ve thought about. The rest are flowers to intersperse with the veg I’ll be putting in the community garden. I have all that seed already.
Viola’s life is based on a family lie – for centuries, her family has served as the prime ministers to the Eternal Prince of their kingdom. Except there is no Eternal Prince – the family has used magic to show just enough of the Prince to keep him believable, while taking care of the kingdom
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