No longer is Bright Itempas the “All Father.” There are now two mysterious others. She knows only that politics and worship has changed by the say-so of the powers that be. Oree Shoth, like many of the other inhabitants of this world, has no idea what went on ten years ago in Sky. The Broken Kingdoms is a similar and yet entirely different experience that takes dramatic irony to an entirely new level. You’d think reading a book a second time within that many months would mean boredom, but instead, it was an eye opening experience. I read it a second time almost immediately and was blown away by all the clues to the slowly, deliciously unravelled mystery that Jemisin so carefully and subtly wove into the story. The first book in the Inheritance Trilogy was told by its main character, Yeine, in recollection. “Why do you think they bother with us? We teach them life’s value.
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