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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

The Inheritance Trilogy, Book 1

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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

By: N. K. Jemisin
Narrated by: Casaundra Freeman
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The debut novel from the triple Hugo Award-winning N. K. Jemisin, author of The Fifth Season.

Winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel.

Winner of the RT Reviewer's Choice Award.

Shortlisted for the Tiptree, the Crawford, the Nebula, the Hugo, the World Fantasy, the David Gemmell and the Goodreads Readers' Choice Awards.

Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky - a palace above the clouds where gods' and mortals' lives are intertwined.

There, to her shock, Yeine is named one of the potential heirs to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle with a pair of cousins she never knew she had. As she fights for her life, she draws ever closer to the secrets of her mother's death and her family's bloody history.

But it's not just mortals who have secrets worth hiding and Yeine will learn how perilous the world can be when love and hate - and gods and mortals - are bound inseparably.

The Inheritance Trilogy begins with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, continues in The Broken Kingdoms and concludes in The Kingdom of Gods.

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Yeine is named one of the potential heirs to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle with a pair of cousins she never knew she had. As she fights for her life, she draws ever closer to the secrets of her mother's death and her family's bloody history. This is the book and trilogy that introduced me to Jemisin and her superb worldbuilding, characters, and exceptional writing. It can get confusing between the mortals and the Gods but stick with it. It will amaze you. I probably enjoyed it more the first time reading - listened to the audiobook 2nd reading and it was good not great. Narrator could be better. Still worthwhile.

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A woman finds herself stuck in the midst of devotees of Machiavelli and tries to make the best of it. I really enjoyed it.

A story of power and how it's wielded

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I really loved the story and also the choice of narrator. I found I liked it better played at .9 speed.

Loved it

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Author seems a little preoccupied with gods and sex. What did the protagonist actually achieve in this story?

Not sure what the point was

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Main character is a weak girl who has all her decisions made for her. Spends most of the book waiting for the dark god to make love with her. Boring boring boring.

Useless girl does nothing

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