Book Recs: The Inheritance Trilogy (Omnibus edition)
I have just finished N. K. Jemisin's Inheritance trilogy (The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, The Broken Kingdoms, The Kingdom of Gods) and her novella "The Awakened Kingdom" which follows on from it, and all I can say - in my most Arthur Shappey-ish tone - is that It Is BRILLIANT! I really don't know when I've had as much fun being glued to the screen of my Kindle app with a tale of gods, mortals, and the political/religious/social shifts that change the world.
Seriously, it is a glorious piece of storytelling, and I thoroughly recommend it to fantasy fans everywhere.
And hey, what other series ends with a paragraph that can match:
"Now come along, babies! Today I will teach you how not to smash planets by accident. Oh! And also: how to tell stories the Proper Way. You always have to finish with THE END, or Papa will give you such a look.
THE END"
See? Well worth reading!
Seriously, it is a glorious piece of storytelling, and I thoroughly recommend it to fantasy fans everywhere.
And hey, what other series ends with a paragraph that can match:
"Now come along, babies! Today I will teach you how not to smash planets by accident. Oh! And also: how to tell stories the Proper Way. You always have to finish with THE END, or Papa will give you such a look.
THE END"
See? Well worth reading!