

It is imperative for Lin and Jovis to gather an army amid crumbling political alliances to counter this. Lin is struggling in the new role that she won at so much cost, the drowning of the empire continues, and a rebel army of constructs is coming. The story in The Bone Shard Emperor starts shortly after what happened at the end of The Bone Shard Daughter. A coward is one who would volunteer others for suffering he would not take on himself.” This was, undoubtedly, another great book by Andrea Stewart. I even reread The Bone Shard Daughter first in preparation for this read, and I’m not disappointed. I knew I would at least have a good time reading this, and that’s why I waited until the publication date of the third and last book of the trilogy, The Bone Shard War, is near to be released before I tackled this. This is not because I’m not interested in reading the sequel, which is this book. But despite how much I enjoyed that book, I am ashamed to admit I haven’t read the sequel until now. The Bone Shard Daughter was my favorite fantasy debut of the year 2020. One year and a half since its publication, I finally read The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart.

“Old men always think they know better than everyone else, even when the world has long since changed around them.” The Bone Shard Emperor is a compelling sequel with a focus on politics and character development. Published: 23rd November 2021 by Orbit Books Series: The Drowning Empire (Book #2 of 3) ARC provided by the publisher-Orbit Books-in exchange for an honest review.
