A review by bookoutlaw
The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty

5.0

"I've had enough of men hurting me because they were upset."

I will end up dropping some quotes in between some of my thoughts but damn, I still don't entirely understand how I feel about this book. I don't mean anything bad by it but how am I supposed to sort out the mess that my mind is right now? It's been probably around 20-30 minutes since I finished the book and I am still not okay. I keep thinking about those last 20% that keeps you on the edge of your seat.

CAN WE TALK ABOUT THESE FEW QUOTES?

"In three days, you will once again have the blood of thousands on your hands."

"Back then, he'd had quieter dreams for himself as well. Fleeting fantasies of reclaiming his family's house, taking a wife and raising children of his own."

"I am the weapon the Nahids made me. Nothing more, nothing less, and apparently for all of eternity."

My heart keeps breaking for Dara because he is broken man, who deserves some freaking happiness and chill for once in centuries. I love his character and the turmoil he has in his povs, when he knows what he would be doing is wrong but serving Nahids had never lead him to a better path and even now it hadn't. Am I too naive to ask for Dara to be at peace in Empire of Gold? Probably very naive.

I love Nahri with all my heart. Poor girl can't have a break either. Someone fucks up and she suffers or gets involved or just her being Banu Nahida gets her in problems.

Ali and Muntadhir better have a big bro hug whenever they meet again in Empire of Gold because I can't have him thinking the worst. But their fights/arguments or just their stupidity in this book killed me. A lot of times I wanted Ali to punch Muntadhir because he was being plain mean/rude towards him because all Ali tried to do was what he thought was right. It just was so petty, their whole feud.

JAMSHID is all I will say because I love him to death.

I don't know what else to say because I am not okay. I do wanna talk about certain characters but I won't be able to remember how to type their name out and I'm lazy to get the book now. Which is a bad excuse.