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And My Girl Nailed the Landing!

The Empire of Gold by S. A. Chakraborty

May 2, 2025 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

So we are coming around the corner to the final stretch of this Daevabad trilogy.  Are we going to get a solid ending?  Or a weak sauce wander off into philosophical musings (looking at you His Dark Materials).  One never knows.  But my girl does not fail me.  Final battle for Daevabad is just part of this finale.  We are also off to Egypt, where Ali’s mother, the Queen, is currently living (and also the site of Nahri’s earliest memories) and then there are ginormous […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Arabian nights, Djinns galore, Nicely wrapped up, Plot twists, S.A. Chakraborty, Some very unexpected new characters, Who will end up with who?

elderberrywine's CBR17 Review No:21 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: Arabian nights, Djinns galore, Nicely wrapped up, Plot twists, S.A. Chakraborty, Some very unexpected new characters, Who will end up with who? ·
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