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Discussion for The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky. There, to her shock, Yeine is named an heiress to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle.

I’d actually read this a while back but it was really fun to re-read it. The world building is really excellent. And I had planned to continue this series and never got around to it so this is a really good opportunity to do that. CA is one of my favorite characters but I just generally love the concept of a triumvirate of gods as it is expressed here.

I totally forgot that I read this book this month because it was one of our choices this month! I have had it on my tbr forever. I agree with you that the world building was excellent. I was really surprised how much she packed into this book for it not being really that long for a fantasy. I just got book 2 from the library today. I have one I am finishing right now, but as soon as I am done I am going to listen to The Broken Kingdoms.

I still have a couple of books I need to read before I can get two broken kingdoms, I seriously overcommitted myself for a group reads this month but it happens. And mostly I blame work which has just been interrupting my reading this month.