The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2)

by S. A. Chakraborty

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I couldn’t sit still waiting for this book and although there was something about it I didn’t really enjoy, this was one hell of a sequel.

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The main thing to notice when going from one book to the next in this series, is the change in vibes. City of Brass, had a more adventure and exploration theme to it than Kingdom of Copper. In the latter, the main thing to note is how there are now different factions all over the book and how the politics play into it regarding all of them. Personally, I loved that switch. Even if it made the book somewhat slower paced than before, the way S. A. Chakraborty played around with her characters; their motives, their aims and their chosen way of acting was a fun journey to take with them. Especially after the events of the City of Brass.

That of course does not mean that the book lacked any exploration by the way, the characters continued discovering some things about themselves as the politics game continued. Nahri and her Nahid background, Ali and the effects of what happened last time and of course, the different cultures from one place to the next when we take closer looks at the factions and where/how they live to name a few. I do wish that some of the lesser shown creatures in the world were given a bigger focus than let’s say the Ifrit and Marids, but since there is still one book to go, my hope is definitely not lost.

The main thing to enjoy in this book other than the scheming of the politics were the characters for me, definitely not all of them, but there are quite a few I really enjoyed following. Nahri is once again the best character in the book, she has some moments where I wonder what the heck she’s doing but overall, I was pretty impressed with her throughout the book. The new characters who’s names could be spoilers had their fair share of awesome moments as well and I can’t wait to see what else they’ll be up to in the final book of the series. Im glad we got a bigger focus on Jamshid this time around as well, and once again I can’t wait to see what happens to him.

The main thing I disliked in this book is easily the romance, the many different sides to every single relationship was a tiring and an extremely annoying thing to follow for me when the book literally shows the other more interesting features of it. I already dislike triangles and was able to ignore it in a way in City of Brass, but when the sides become way more numerous with even bigger lines going out of it, it gets way tedious for me to ignore because it was mentioned way more than I cared about and I frankly don’t care who ends up with who when you have such an interesting cast of cunning characters who want to achieve their aims around.

I hope that the final book will be way more decisive with these relationships, but I honestly hope that next time I’ll get an even bigger look on how Daevabad is faring after the final few pages of the book. That final quarter of the book was definitely insane, the book is thankfully as brutal as need be and she doesn’t shy away from using that to her advantage To get my blood pumping. Finished reading it at about 12 am and I couldn’t sleep until about 3 am, because I was still so filled with adrenaline that it was a losing battle lol.

It might be just me, but I really hope that the final book has a “Gold” in the title and of course an announcement that there is a prequel book or series about the time at Suleiman’s reign.

Final rating: 4/5