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The River of Silver: A nice reward for finishing a wonderful series

The River of Silver: Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy by Shannon Chakraborty

May 31, 2026 by beereadsbooks Leave a Comment

After taking a brief rest from tearing through Empire of Gold, I took a much more gentle pace through River of Silver. River of Silver is a series of short stories from multiple character points of view that stretches across the whole scope of the original trilogy. The stories are arranged chronologically from decades before we start City of Brass through to just after the ending of Empire of Gold. There are a few stories from the trilogy’s main protagonists, but mostly the stories are […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: #fantasy, Daevabad, djinn, Shannon Chakraborty, the daevabad trilogy

beereadsbooks's CBR18 Review No:27 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: #fantasy, Daevabad, djinn, Shannon Chakraborty, the daevabad trilogy ·
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The Daevabad Trilogy: “Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Revenge. Giants. Monsters. Chases. Escapes. True love. Miracles.”

The City of Brass by Shannon Chakraborty

The Kingdom of Copper by Shannon Chakraborty

The Empire of Gold by Shannon Chakraborty

May 25, 2026 by beereadsbooks 5 Comments

It has been a while since I’ve made such dubious choices regarding reading hours as I did to read this trilogy. I read City of Brass at a decent pace and finished it in about 6 days. Kingdom of Copper lined up with a weekend so I ignored pretty much all of my responsibilities to finish in 2 days. While Empire of Gold technically took 8 days, I read the last 250 pages in about 7 hours – staying up until 2:30 AM to finish. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, Daevabad, djinn, Shannon Chakraborty, the daevabad trilogy

beereadsbooks's CBR18 Review No:26 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, Daevabad, djinn, Shannon Chakraborty, the daevabad trilogy ·
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Protector of the Small: Anything boys can do, Keladry can do better.

First Test by Tamora Pierce

Page by Tamora Pierce

Squire by Tamora Pierce

Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce

May 24, 2026 by beereadsbooks 1 Comment

I love every Tortall main character (that I’ve read. I still haven’t read the final series with Beka), but Keladry of Mindelan is hands-down my favorite Tortall MC and one of my favorite MCs ever. I adore her and her story. She is tenacious, hard working, grounded, tough, kind, unbendingly dedicated to justice, and just a lovely human. It is a joy to see her grow, find community, and succeed (spoilers?). While I have mostly been reading this series before bed, I tore through Protector […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: lady knights, Strong Female Character, tamora pierce, Tortall

beereadsbooks's CBR18 Review No:23 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: lady knights, Strong Female Character, tamora pierce, Tortall ·
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The Immortals: A horse-girl’s dream (plus environmentalism, political intrigue, and meddling gods)

Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce

Wolf-Speaker by Tamora Pierce

Emperor Mage by Tamora Pierce

The Realms of the Gods by Tamora Pierce

April 21, 2026 by beereadsbooks Leave a Comment

Now that I’ve finished re-reading Alanna, I’ve moved on to the second quartet in the Tortall universe. It’s mostly been a bedtime read, but I also did a move while reading this quartet, so it also served as a nice comfort read for awhile instead of picking up any of my other ongoing books that required more critical thinking. Overall, there were fewer problematic under/overtones in this series than The Song of the Lioness (with one notable exception). We get to skip right past having […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, #YAFiction, animals, shapeshifter, sorcery, Strong Female Character, tamora pierce, Tortall

beereadsbooks's CBR18 Review No:19 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, #YAFiction, animals, shapeshifter, sorcery, Strong Female Character, tamora pierce, Tortall ·
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The Stone Sky: “Different choices have always been possible.”

The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

April 18, 2026 by beereadsbooks Leave a Comment

The Stone Sky is the third and last installment in the Broken Earth Trilogy. This book is split between Essun and Nassun in the current day and Hoa in the past, which gives us context for how we got to where we are. We know that Essun and Nassun are on a collision course of sorts – they have the same general goal in mind, but with vastly different outcomes. Regardless, this Season and the Seasons in general cannot continue if humans are to survive. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #brokenearthtrilogy, #fantasy, #Science Fiction, afrofuturism, black speculative fiction, n.k. jemisin

beereadsbooks's CBR18 Review No:15 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #brokenearthtrilogy, #fantasy, #Science Fiction, afrofuturism, black speculative fiction, n.k. jemisin ·
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Forest Euphoria: Mostly memoir but with cool (and some bummer) queer nature facts

Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian

April 7, 2026 by beereadsbooks Leave a Comment

I have been in the throes of moving and unpacking for the last 6 weeks (give or take), so reading has been slow and distracted. Even getting through this 6 hour audiobook took 2 weeks, and I was certainly distracted through most of it. So definitely take this review with a grain of salt. The book seems to be broken down in the sections that match a set of anecdotes from the author’s life with thematically similar creatures in nature that highlight queerness, diversity in […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, Environment, mushrooms, Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian

beereadsbooks's CBR18 Review No:14 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, Environment, mushrooms, Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian ·
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