Someone famous once said that you know a story has a good ending when no one’s really 100% happy with it. Because that’s how you know it’s real. The Empire of Gold, the conclusion of author S.A. Chakraborty’s rich, magical Daevabad trilogy is just such an ending – one that will leave readers very happy and very sad by turns, but utterly satisfied all the same. A feast is held for the royals to try out various dishes before Navasatem. Ali is poisoned and nearly dies, but Nahri saves him. Firstly, Congratulations to S.A.Chakraborty on completing her debut trilogy, what a fantastic and hard-earned achievement! What I love most about it is the character development. I was on cloud nine so many times because of these amazing characters. If I loved Alizayd before, I had no idea how much more this book would make me feel for this character! I am just so happy with his journey and the person he grew to be. His storyline was such a joy to read! And then there’s Nahri. I’ve always liked Nahri but I connected to her so much in this book! Her strength, her fears, her vulnerabilities, her triumphs and losses - and everything that got her to this point... you feel all of it with her.

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As soon as I read S.A. Chakraborty’s The City of Brass, I fell in love. It had everything that I enjoyed about epic fantasy, with the added benefit that it was based, not on the traditional Western European/medieval iconography, but instead on medieval Islamic mythology. I loved the sequel, Kingdom of Copper, which raised the emotional stakes significantly, and I recently finished the third and concluding book, The Empire of Gold, which is a triumphant wrapping up of the various plot threads that had been raised in the previous books. It’s everything you could want in the conclusion to a trilogy, with heartache, beauty, and excitement to spare. by Lacy Baugher 3 years ago With The Empire of Gold, S.A. Chakraborty wraps up her Daevabad trilogy in a thrilling, bittersweet finale that’s full of both triumph and heartbreak.Golden Empire is simply gold but that gold isn’t for everyone to watch and I can fully understand why the audience would avoid a business/romance-free drama. Has it been a time when you were watching an excellent drama but you find out that most people are ignoring it and the internet buzz is almost inexistent? That’s my case with Empire of Gold. The youngest son of Sungjin Group, whose dream is to become an economist. His family runs the Sungjin Economic Research Institute, where he works.

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Now that I'm all hyped up again, I'm 100% sure that I need an ARC. Besides, I've been dangling off the cliff in book 2 for far too long already and I'm not strong enough to hold on for much longer. Dara was a fool almost throughout the book, for someone that is hundreds of years old he is so foolish, he made so many stupid decisions and his redemption was not good enough. NR denotes not ranked within the Top 20 TV programs (including news, sports, variety, etc.) for that day according to TNS Media Korea and AGB Nielson. The interference of the Peris towards the end of the novel seemed a bit out of place to me. I have a strong suspicion that it was a late addition to the story as a convenient means to give Nahri a way of reclaiming the power of the Suleiman’s seal. I did like how she cheated them though, that was a great representation of the side of her that will always be the ‘little thief’ from the streets of Cairo. Also, the late cutesy introduction of Mishmish the Shedu (Face-palm). You can’t introduce a pet in the last tiny part of a book. One, we have no time to gain an affection for the animal and two, it’s obvious that he/she has only been added to make Nahri’s survival more believable when she confronts Dara, Manizeh, 2 Ifrits and an army of ghouls/Smoke creatures…. Ha! It’s actually funnier every time I think about it.FYI, the series has recently been optioned by Netflix. Lots of books get optioned without being produced, so we will wait and see before getting all excited. But how great would it be to see this in a gazillion episodes at tGOT production values? I am ready to binge now. As always, my favorite part of any book is the characters. Nahri and Ali were great. I admit, I never really loved Ali until this book. I thought him alright in book one. I liked him in book two. But boy, does Ali shine in this novel. He was just too precious for this world. Nahri too was as always an interesting character and I really enjoyed watching her journey after having her world come crashing down so many times.

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There was some wonderful slow burn romance in this book that made me SO happy. I don’t want to say too much, but how these two characters are around each other - completely able to be themselves, and the best versions of themselves too - is exactly the kind of romantic development I like to see. Subtle but deep. Slow but so very real. It’s rare to see a depiction of such a healthy love and friendship, especially in a Fantasy book with so much brutality and conflict surrounding the characters. It’s so well done here! There wasn’t a single chapter that didn’t pull me in heart and soul! I ended this book with my heart full and my mind filled with thoughts of these characters. Nahri and Ali reach Ghassan and Nahri cuts out his heart. They’re intercepted by Manizheh, who reveals that she is Nahri’s mother. Nahri was apparently taken from her by the marid as a baby. Manizheh tells Nahri she can’t handle the ring because she’s a shafit. Manizeh, Nahri’s Mommy Dearest, is doing her best to win friends and influence people, for her opposition. The body count in Daevabad is considerable, helped along by Manizeh’s incapacity for politics, and a mega death-dealing field commander in Dara, who would like nothing more than to follow his own conscience, but is his will truly and fully his own? First script reading took place May 1, 2013 at SBS Production Center in Tanhyeon-dong, Ilsan, South Korea.

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Overall, I am so happy to have seen this trilogy get such a wonderful conclusion. I recommend this series to anyone who likes a good political heavy fantasy with interesting characters and creative worldbuilding. But in that sense, Nahri's ending was great because it involved romance but wasn't the focus - rather, her own aspirations and dreams of being a healer were. And for me, that was the best way. Because Nahri has always been a capable heroine with her own clear dreams, and suddenly making the resolution of her own character arc about romance? That was never going to feel genuine. I think most readers will feel the same way.