(It was that good.)Īt the heart of Jade War, the story is heavily centered on war, and the implications the conflicts have on the Kaul family. And hell, I’m still a little emotionally numb after reading it. This is a sequel that takes the foundations built by its first book, and takes the story, its characters, and the stakes to new and terrifying heights. With war brewing outside of their borders, the Kaul family find themselves balancing on a blade’s edge and faced with threats on all sides – the Mountain clan, foreign governments, criminal crime organisations, and jade smugglers. A STORY OF THE COST AND CONSEQUENCES OF WARįollowing the events of Jade City, the sequel follows the Kaul family of the No Peak Clan, one of two of Kekon’s most powerful clans in which jade-wearing warriors, Green Bones, pledge their loyalty and lives. Note: the following review is spoiler-free. And when I won the giveaway with my fanart of Shae and received it in the mail (sobbing whilst opening it, obviously), I had no idea that, in my hands, I would be holding my new favourite book of all time. So when Fonda Lee ran a contest on Twitter, tasking readers to come up with a Jade City-inspired art to win an ARC of Jade War, never in my life had I felt so grateful and excited to have some artistic ability.

Jade War is more brutal, more devastating, more emotional, and more than you could ever expect it to be.

Jade War, the sequel to Jade City, has dethroned its predecessor as my favourite book of all time. It’s not often you read a book where the second book, the middle book of a trilogy no less, is undoubtedly better than the first book, and yet, Fonda Lee did it.

I have loved Jade City so passionately for years that I never gave thought to the possibility that it would be dethroned so soon. And now I find myself in the strange and unexpected position of finding a new favourite book of all time. And not just ‘one of my favourite books’ – Jade City is the favourite book. Many of you may know that Jade City is my favourite book of all time. Jade, Kekon’s most prized resource, could make them rich – or give them the edge they’d need to topple their rivals.įaced with threats on all sides, the Kaul family is forced to form new and dangerous alliances, confront enemies in the darkest streets and the tallest office towers, and put honor aside in order to do whatever it takes to ensure their own survival – and that of all the Green Bones of Kekon. Powerful foreign governments and mercenary criminal kingpins alike turn their eyes on the island nation. On the island of Kekon, the Kaul family is locked in a violent feud for control of the capital city and the supply of magical jade that endows trained Green Bone warriors with supernatural powers they alone have possessed for hundreds of years.īeyond Kekon’s borders, war is brewing.

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