Name: The Broken Kingdoms
ISBN: 9780316043960

N. K. Jemisin

In the city of Shadow, beneath the World Tree, alleyways shimmer with magic and godlings live hidden among mortalkind. Oree Shoth, a blind artist, takes in a strange homeless man on an impulse. This act of kindness engulfs Oree in a nightmarish conspiracy. Someone, somehow, is murdering godlings, leaving their desecrated bodies all over the city. And Oree's guest is at the heart of it. . .

The Broken Kingdoms

Really enjoyed the characters and world building in this second book.  It had a bit more action than the first book, which I enjoyed and kept me engaged.

The MC Oree's compassion and humanity were refreshing to read.

Jenny Engel

Really enjoyed the characters and world building in this second book.  It had a bit more action than the first book, which I enjoyed and kept me engaged.

The MC Oree's compassion and humanity were refreshing to read.

Ilse

** spoiler alert **
           This was such a let down, with Special MC Oree being only really blind when it’s convenient for the plot (seems like in chapter 17 the author completely forgot Oree is supposed to be blind). Though the setting is nice enough, and the painting with magic neat, everything else about the plot and characters feels just rushed, unrealistic and contrived. Oree feels overpowered with her godling friends in comparison to the threat she faces (which isn’t much of a threat at all as she’s conveniently rescued). I also disliked the relationship between Oree and Shiny, which felt forced and icky. I can honestly only hope the next part will be better

Zoey Mikalatos

The plot was somewhat apparent from the beginning, but it was still good writing. I would have liked to see more of some characters, and less of others, but I enjoyed the story overall and am enjoying the series.

Shay Henrion

wOW THIS ONE WAS SO GOOD TOO I am so glad Hyacinthe made me read this series wow.

So basically if you're considering not reading this trilogy even for a second and you're the kind of person who likes kickass females and really well-developed characters and basically everything right about a YA fantasy book, YOU'RE WRONG.

Read it. Trust me.

I liked this book almost as much as the first one! And that's saying something, because usually sequels tend to drag! This one really didn't!

Oree, Shiny, Madding, Lil, and all of the rest of the characters were fantastic aaah I can't say enough about this series

Seriously. Read. It.

Laura Kehoe

That's it. N.K. Jemisin has officially risen to the ranks as one of my favorite authors in the world. This book ripped my heart into a thousand tiny peaces and I enjoyed every dang minute of it. Excuse me while I go cry under my blanket.

Samiha Tasnim

Friends are precious, powerful things—hard to earn, harder still to keep. 

Didn’t we all need someone to turn to sometimes?

He was never good at changing, bending. He broke instead. And he took all of us with him.

I think you care about a great many things, more than you want to. I think life still holds some potential for you.

Darkness can exist by itself. Light cannot.

It was a hard thing, sometimes, to live.

That was all magic was, really, in the end. Possibility.

Nat Welch

I think this book was the best of the three. Interesting characters, a new take on the premise of the first book.

Jennifer

Full review for this will come in due course. But basically I really enjoyed how the main character navigated through the storyline without sight e.g. how she could sense "magic" and use that to create artworks.

Judy Hudgins

So glad I 'discovered' these books. Can't wait to start the next one.

Daryl Houston

I felt so-so about the first book in this series but decided to read this one anyway, and I liked it a fair bit more. The relationships were more interesting, I liked the main character, I felt it more suspenseful at times, and generally I was more invested in the plot and the characters. Some of the magic was kind of neat, and though I found some of the stuff around vision a little fuzzy, I also enjoyed trying to imagine the world as Oree sees it. So a better read for me than the first. I'm dipping into the final installment in hopes that it's as good as or even better than installation number two.

Enfys J. Book

Where the first in this series is a slow boil, this one is non-stop action and constantly-ratcheting-up tension. More twists and turns than I ever expected. A great and compelling read.

Brook

Wow, this series keeps getting better. I love the protagonist, Oree. The view through her eyes, blind to the light of the world, was beautiful. The new godlings we meet in this volume were all pretty interesting. I think the story moved along a bit faster and maybe better than the first story, but in general, I just want to roll around in this universe for a long time to come.

KZAaaam

A man with no memory of his past and a struggling, blind street artist will face off against the will of the gods as the secrets of this stranger's past are revealed in the sequel to The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, the debut novel of NYT bestselling author N. K. Jemisin. In the city of Shadow, beneath the World Tree, alleyways shimmer with magic and godlings live hidden among mortalkind. Oree Shoth, a blind artist, takes in a strange homeless man on an impulse. This act of kindness engulfs Oree in a nightmarish conspiracy. Someone, somehow, is murdering godlings, leaving their desecrated bodies all over the city. And Oree's guest is at the heart of it. . .

Stephen Wardle

The debut series from the double Hugo Award-winning N. K. Jemisin, author of The Fifth Season 'Lush and evocative' Naomi Novik, author of Uprooted In the city of Shadow, beneath the World Tree, alleyways shimmer with magic and godlings live hidden among mortalkind. Oree Shoth, a blind artist, takes in a homeless man who glows like a living sun to her strange sight. However, this act of kindness is to engulf Oree in a nightmarish conspiracy. Someone, somehow, is murdering godlings, leaving their desecrated bodies all over the city. Oree's peculiar guest is at the heart of it, his presence putting her in mortal danger - but is it him the killers want, or Oree? And is the earthly power of the Arameri king their ultimate goal, or have they set their sights on the Lord of Night himself? The Inheritance Trilogy begins with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, continues in The Broken Kingdoms and concludes in The Kingdom of Gods.

The Broken Kingdoms

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