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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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Absolutely no second book slump to be found. Not even close. The opposite of that.

The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2) by S.A. Chakraborty

December 22, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

That was super intense. I need a break before diving into the last book, even though I need to know what happens. There are just some books that put you through it, and this is one of them. Luckily, the book is also excellent, which is a huge part of why the book was so affecting. This book picks up three (?) years after the events of City of Brass. I am not going to go into plot specifics bc it is labyrinthine, and won’t […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, historical fantasy, narfna, S.A. Chakraborty, the daevabad trilogy, The Kingdom of Copper

narfna's CBR15 Review No:148 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, historical fantasy, narfna, S.A. Chakraborty, the daevabad trilogy, The Kingdom of Copper ·
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“So you just live quietly with these powers? Haven’t you ever wondered why you have them? Suleiman’s eye . . . you could be overthrowing governments, and instead you steal from peasants!”

The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1) by S.A. Chakraborty

July 25, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Yet another book I don’t want to review because I put off writing the review so long that I’ve forgotten details of the book and what I wanted to say about it, if I ever knew. Mostly I’m just mad I didn’t read this sooner, although now I don’t have to wait in between books if I don’t want to. (I don’t want to, but I can’t manage to fit the second book into my OCD color-coded TBR—don’t ask, it’s too complicated to explain—and also! […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, narfna, S.A. Chakraborty, The City of Brass, the daevabad trilogy

narfna's CBR14 Review No:112 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, narfna, S.A. Chakraborty, The City of Brass, the daevabad trilogy ·
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