The personalities of the godlings, too, were fascinating. While readers only get to visit Darr and the capital, Sky, in this first book, expect more kingdoms in the subsequent novels. The world itself of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is intriguing in the vast cultural, racial, and economic differences that Jemisin is able to present with only a single novel. Fashioned similar to Roman or Greek mythology, she slowly reveals not only the gods and their temperaments, but the cataclysmic event thousands of years ago that changed everything. Jemisin creates a compelling mythology in The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. When they begin to show her interest, she doesn’t know whom to trust. What’s more, she comes face-to-face with the Enfada, a fallen god and godlings that the Arameri can control. But did anyone mean for her to win it in the first place? Along with her two cousins, Yeine is now in a deadly game to win the throne. However, the King does the last thing Yeine expects: he names her an heir. After all, she is sure her mother was murdered. When Yeine is summoned to Sky mere months after her mother’s death, she doesn’t know what to expect. The Top Book Series with Terrible Endings.
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