At first blush, this sounds a little familiar – country girl moves to the city, gets very surprised by what she finds there. When once only three enslaved gods roamed the palace, now the city is full of godlings who have returned from the realm of the gods, some of them living rather normal lives, while others still aren’t used to be being around mortals.Īt the beginning of this second installment, we meet Oree, who moved to the city ten years ago, after her father died. Sky is now colloquially referred to as Shadow, due to the shadows caused by the huge tree that now dominates the city. The Broken Kingdoms picks up about ten years after the events of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. I knew the end was going to be heavy, and I wasn’t wrong. As I neared the halfway point of the book, I began avoiding picking it up, because I didn’t want to face that moment where I’d have to turn the final page and have it be over forever. Put shortly, I loved every word of it, and I know no review I write will come close to doing this book justice.

It’s been about a week since I finished reading The Broken Kingdoms, and it’s taken me this long to put into words what I experienced. JemisinĪ quick warning: this review contains unavoidable spoilers for The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, the first book in the series. The Broken Kingdoms (Inheritance trilogy, book 2) by N.K.

The broken kingdoms by nk jemisin