Elizabeth Allen’s Reviews > The Bone Shard Emperor > Status Update

Given that I thought The Bone Shard Daughter was basically a retelling of The Final Empire except for exchanging depth in the magic system for better character writing, I'm happy to say that The Bone Shard Emperor is basically everything I wanted The Well of Ascension to be as a sequel - broadening the scope, introducing politics, testing relationships; but remaining tightly plotted and character focused.

The Nisong chapters have so far felt pretty pointless and empty, but that hasn't been able to distract from the fact that this book is a huge improvement from the first, and genuine fun to read.

Lin & Jovis are two characters I never expected to have much chemistry on paper, but the way Andrea Stewart has written these opening chapters is incredibly engaging. Not only do I find myself wanting to see more of them together, their POV chapters play into one another brilliantly.