The Kingdom of Copper

The Kingdom of Copper picks up five years after City of Brass and the wait was worth it. Nahri is trapped in a political marriage she never wanted, Ali is exiled and changed by mysterious magic, and Dara is resurrected into something darker. Chakraborty weaves Islamic mythology, djinn politics, and colonial power dynamics into a story that reads like a Middle Eastern Game of Thrones. The triple POV structure keeps you turning pages even when the romance takes a backseat to the spectacular world-building. Warning: that ending will wreck you.