Neither one of them felt like a main character. The 'main' characters were Malini (princess) and Priya (maidservant). This was a hard one to write without spoilers! Storygraph Rating: 4.26 stars (5,754 reviews) But when Malini accidentally bears witness to Priya’s true nature, their destinies become irrevocably tangled. She is happy to be an anonymous drudge, as long as it keeps anyone from guessing the dangerous secret she hides. Priya is a maidservant, one of several who make the treacherous journey to the top of the Hirana every night to attend Malini’s chambers.

Imprisoned by her dictator brother, Malini spends her days in isolation in the Hirana: an ancient temple that was once the source of powerful magic – but is now little more than a decaying ruin. **let me know if you think this belongs in different Bingo categories. Perhaps I'm also not really clear on the difference between the druid square 'practices nature magic' and elemental magic that comes from the Earth. ** I think that the 2 'spoiler' bingo places are okay BUT I suspect that the next book(s) in the series would be better fitting. I think the use of nature magic is right but I'm not sure I consider it to be heavily featured. It seems like they're practicing Earth magic.

the magic in the book isn't really clear. It is not (12) Set in the Middle East: this book is based on / inspired by ancient India which is not part of the Middle East. , POC Author, Book Club or Readalong Book, THE JASMINE THRONE by Tasha Suri (The Burning Kingdoms #1) - 3.5 starsīINGO Regular: Bottom of the TBR, Mundane Jobs (for the first half of the book)

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