The two leading women find themselves drawn to each other, but at the face of impossible situations, their desires do not always align and this makes way for a rich, nuanced dynamic between the two.

She soon finds herself appointed as Malini’s handmaiden after a turn of events expose a glimpse of her true self and power to Malini. Priya, a maidservant at a regent’s household with a terrible past, is happy to keep her head down to keep what good lot she has in her station.

There, she is left to be drugged and broken so that she would beg for “purification.” Cunning, charming, and ruthless Malini, however, has other plans. Between Parijatdvipa’s tyrannical rule and a mysterious plague known as the rot, Ahiranya is a nation on the verge of both collapse and bloodshed as its rebels make their move before they are out of time.Īfter refusing to burn in a pyre to be “purified,” Princess Malini is exiled by her brother (who shall not be named for the rest of this review) to Hirana, a temple left abandoned after an unspeakable massacre occurred on its grounds. The Jasmine Throne is set in Ahiranya, a nation conquered by Parijatdvipa ruled by a psychotic, women-burning emperor violently obsessed with his twisted vision of religion. Suri transports us to a lush, evocative Indian-inspired world pulled into empires, shaped by religions and tales, and the independent cultures left to wither under their fist. The Jasmine Throne is first in Tasha Suri’s new The Burning Kingdoms trilogy, an Indian-inspired epic fantasy series entrenched with political turmoil, an enthralling cast of morally ambiguous characters, sapphic yearning, lush worldbuilding, and an appropriately gripping turn of events sure to keep readers on edge of their seat (or bed, depending on where one chooses to read). With such kinetic charge and blistering narrative, how on earth could I help myself? Review Believe it or not, I tore through The Jasmine Throne in a day (after deciding to hit the hard reset button and starting my read from scratch). I seriously cannot believe my reading luck this year. Together, they will set an empire ablaze. The other a powerful priestess seeking to save her family. One is a ruthless princess seeking to steal a throne. But in order to keep the truth of her past safely hidden, she works as a servant in the loathed regent’s household, biting her tongue and cleaning Malini’s chambers.īut when Malini witnesses Priya’s true nature, their destines become irrevocably tangled. Release date: 8 June 2021 (US) 10 June 2021 (UK)Įxiled by her despotic brother, Malini spends her days dreaming of vengeance, while trapped in the Hirana, an ancient cliffside temple that was once the revered source of the magical deathless waters but is now little more than a decaying ruin.

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