Week 21 Review: The Jasad Crown

From Goodreads:

In the thrilling conclusion to the Egyptian-inspired Scorched Throne duology, a fugitive queen may be the key to restoring her lost kingdom of Jasad, but it could cost her everything and everyone she loves.

Held deep in a mountain refuge, Sylvia has been captured by the Urabi, who believe she can return their homeland to its former power. But after years of denying her legacy and a forbidden alliance with Jasad's greatest enemy, Sylvia must win the group's trust while struggling to keep control of both her magic and her mind.

In the rival kingdom, Arin is caught between his father's desire to put down the brewing rebellion and the sacred edicts he's sworn to uphold. Arin must find Sylvia before his father's army, but his search will call into question the very core of Arin's beliefs about his family and the destruction of Jasad.

War is inevitable and Sylvia cannot abandon her people again. The Urabi plan to raise the Jasadi fortress, and it will either kill Sylvia or destroy the humanity she's fought so hard to protect. For the first time in her life Sylvia doesn't just want to survive. She wants to win.

The fugitive queen is ready to come home.

My Review:
This was such an enjoyable sequel! I loved the first book, and I'm glad that I was able to go straight into this one, I had to know what was going to happen next! That we had more perspectives added, and Arin had more, we got to see more of this world, and I loved that! 

We got to know these characters and this world in the first book, and in this one, things are shaken up. Like Arin was always so confident in his own mind, his sense of self, and that really gets shaken up in this book. Some big reveals came to light, and I loved to see how things changed! 

After the events of the last book, they're all separated, and don't know where everyone else is. I loved watching them figure out what they were going to do, and how Arin in particular responded to the fact that she was the Jasad heir, and now technically is the ruler, even if she hasn't taken the crown or throne, it's hers by birth.  

The threat of her magic grows in this book, and becomes a bit of a threat, as the synopsis mentions, playing with her mind. When we learn what was going on, yeah, that was pretty shocking. I really enjoyed how things worked out, even though they hurt, it was just so good! 

This was an amazing read, and I can't wait to read more by Sara Hashem! 

Author: Sara Hashen
Series: The Scorched Throne #2
Read: May 17th, 2025 
Source: NetGalley  
Reason Why: Loved the first book, and it's a End of Series 2025 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book and a Sophomore Challenge Book! 
Publisher: Orbit
Expected Publication: July 15th 2025

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars