If you have not read the previous book (The Jasad Heir), the following review has spoilers!

📕 Title: The Jasad Crown
✏️ Author: Sara Hashem
📖 Genre: Fantasy
⭐ Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ Conclusion to the Scorched Throne duology

BOOK BLURB

After Sylvia is captured by the Urabi, a people who believe that she can empower their homeland, she must gain their trust as her mind slowly deteriorates from her magic. Arin searches desperately for Sylvia, torn between his father’s expectations and his want to do the right thing. Sylvia must decide whether to embrace her destiny, even if it could come at a deadly cost.

REVIEW

This conclusion to the Scorched Throne duology was satisfying and emotional, with political intrigue and high stakes that kept me invested throughout the story.

While the first book was entirely from Sylvia’s narrative, this sequel expanded the story with additional points of view. This change provides valuable insight into other characters, most notably Arin, and further builds out this fantasy world from different perspectives and locations. The multi-POV narrative successfully shifts between overlapping experiences without feeling repetitive.

Sylvia’s character arc in particular was fantastic, but I also grew to understand and appreciate the other characters more in this sequel. The romance, which I was hesitant about in the previous book, finally won me over. I enjoyed the plot much more than the first book and I loved the ending; it was perfect!

My only wish is that there had been a recap, since it’s been a while since I read the last book and this just dove into the present without much reference to the events of the previous book.