Thank you to Netgalley and Little Brown Books UK for this eARC

5⭐️

I can’t remember the last I gave a book an easier five stars. I loved The Jasad Heir, but I truly lived and breathed The Jasad Crown. Through the week I’ve been reading this book I haven’t shut up about it to anyone who would listen. It has been a wild ride from the start with absolutely no lulls in the action, all my problems with its predecessor are nonexistent and the pacing is perfect. Having finished it, I wish I could erase it from my mind just so I can relive this feeling again. I cried for at least the last two hours of reading and I cried again because it was over.
True romantasy perfection - I plan on picking up a print copy.

This story fed my soul and simultaneously tore it to shreds. The Scorched Throne duology will stay with me for a long time, thanks to its mix of beautifully written world building, intricate magic systems and slow burn romance. This plot-driven fantasy is easily one of my top reads of the year. The Jasad Crown said,"hold my beer" when it comes to slow burn. Arin the Nizhal heir, gave me the same feelings as Mr Darcy's hand clenching in 'Pride and Prejudice' (2005) - The tension, the longing, the quiet desperation. The yearning is real.
I'm beyond excited to see what Sara does next. If this duology is any indication, I will be eagerly awaiting her next release.
Thank you Orbit books and Netgalley for this ARC.

**I was provided with an ARC through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review**

Oh this was such a fantastic sequel and finale and I am truly going to miss these characters and the world so much!

Sara Hashem’s writing once again wholly welcomes you and immerses you into the story and the way everything came about plot wise was just so well done!! In terms of twists in the story not everything shocked me (this might just be me too eager to connect the dots) but there were some very cleverly thought-out reveals. Honestly the way key moments and details which seemed smaller in The Jasad Heir came back and wove themselves into the wider story here was just fantastic!!

We had mostly Sylvia chapters in book 1 with a couple from Arin but it was such a nice surprise to see that this had more povs!! Hashem is great at voicing everyone and I loved that we got to see things from Sefa and Marek’s perspectives too!

Sylvia and Arin though.. gosh did they steal the show. The cleverness of these characters just kept on blowing me away. Their individual arcs and development over the duology as a whole was just *chef’s kiss* and their relationship!? THE YEARNING? They are hands down THE blueprint for enemies to lovers done right!!

I had my concerns with the romance side of things in the first book but the way everything eventually comes together with the history and hidden truths of their kingdoms and the world was just PERFECT to the point that I found myself just as consumed by Sylvia and Arin as they were by each other! They are PERFECT both as a couple and how they helped each other to grow, two idiots absolutely and pathetically obsessed with each other and everything about them was so well written.

Not only did the romance side of things deliver, I was just as blown away by the expansion of the world and magic. The way that the true history was uncovered and how it guided the story made it hard to put the book down! I can’t stress enough how brilliantly this duology was planned out.

There were definitely some moments where things started to drag out a little midway and despite the pacing itself not really slowing down I did start to worry when looking back to the first book because it seemed that there was a lot that still needed to be resolved with the dwindling number of pages left.

Thus the last couple of chapters did feel a tad rushed for me but I think everything came together perfectly by the end. An absolutely anguishing finale but a deeply satisfying one all the same (though I wouldn’t mind an extended epilogue.. 👀)

I will no doubt be picking up whatever Hashem writes next because her storytelling is brilliant!!
Final Rating - 4.5/5 Stars

This is a wonderful story that is inspired by Egyptian history. This is the second part of the Scorched Earth duology that started with The Jasad Heir, which you definitely need to read first or you will be lost.

Sylvia is a wonderful main female character. She is very flawed, but also strong in her beliefs. The main male character Arin, is also flawed, but is more than prepared to kill those who stand in his way. The hostility between these two characters helps keep you turning pages.

The author has a wonderful way of bringing you into the world these characters live in. She does a beautiful job of bringing it all to life. The story is well paced and builds the drama throughout.

If you love fantasy, strong main characters all with an Egyptian landscape then I recommend this book.

The Jasad Heir was one of my favorite books of 2023, and I'm glad it at least got some of the hype it deserved.
I enjoy romantasy, but in order for me to really love a romantasy book, it needs a solid plot to support the romance, and this duology is a great example for that.
For that reason, I wholeheartedly recommend this series also to people who usually aren't a fan of this sub-genre.

I will say that I enjoyed the plot of book 1 a bit more, this felt a little bit convoluted at times as there was so much going on. Maybe it's also just a personal preference, as this had two tropes I typically don't enjoy. I didn't mind them here, but I also didn't love them.
That being said, I was still very invested, and I couldn't put the book down once I got to the last third.

Still, the romance was by far my favorite part. Arin and Sylvia are a top-tier couple, and this duology is one of my top recommendations for enemies to lovers. I think the author did an amazing job at keeping the tension from book 1 up while also feeling fresh and bringing in a bit of a new dynamic.
I have read lots of great romance stories in fantasy this year, but I can confidently say that this one is my favorite. It had me giggling, catching my breath and crying, no notes, it's perfect.

I love this duology so much and would recommend it to almost any fantasy fan. If you love romantasy and enemies to lovers, this is a must-read in my opinion, and if you care more about plot and world building over romance, I still think you'll have a great time with this.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC.

I knew The Jasad Crown would be an emotional rollercoaster but I wasn't prepared for just how much it would utterly gut me and leave me feeling heartbroken and shattered with those last few chapters and especially when it came to that epilogue, there was so much that happened that I just couldn't stop reading.

The continued world building is lush and descriptive,the plot development continues to blow my mind and is executed so well with it's political intrigue.

As for the main two characters, I love these two fools with my whole heart. I live for their banter and especially the chemistry it is so palpable every time they are on the page together as they continue to fight with their distrust for one another and the fight against their own will to give it up for the other,their romance is top tier and forever one of my favourites.

This is a duology that has slotted itself into one of my favourites and I cannot recommend it enough with one of the best enemies to lovers that is done exceptionally well and filled with all the yearning possible!

I… don’t even know how to put into words about how I’m feeling after this book. I’m literally such an emotional mess and completely lost it at “Welcome home, suraira” because omg???

This was an emotional rollercoaster at its finest and I fear I may never recover. Arin is forever going to be the king of YEARNING and I loved how much deeper his character exploration was explored to further explain the man that he is today. Sylvia/Essiya will forever be one of my all-time favourite characters due to how raw and emotionally complex she is. Her burdens felt like my burdens. Her worries and desperation were mirrored in my own. I fear I will never again experience the wide array of emotions that I was battling all at once when reading Arin and Essiya’s journey.

The Jasad Crown has just once again proven that it is pure magic that sparks upon author Sara Hashem’s fingertips. This story was worth every second of the two year release gap from The Jasad Heir and I cannot wait to see what will come next for the author.

I sadly didn’t realise that this is the second book and I don’t have the first one at the moment. But once I get my hands on the first one, I’ll leave my review.

Thank you NetGalley for granting me access to the e-arc

Every now and then a book comes along that just resonates with you.

This epic conclusion to the Jasad Heir duology, was just one of those books. If you have read and loved book 1 get ready, as the stakes, the angst, the layer upon layer of twists and turns as we race towards the conclusion are just incredible.

I loved Sylvia - she’s brash, doesn’t suffer fools lightly and yet she’s got a vulnerability which leaves you almost breathless with hope and despair.

Arin, oh how I adore Arin- efficient , brutal, uncompromising - his growth and the push and pull with Sylvia was perfection.

I can’t say more without saying to much but believe me when I say I LOVE this book.

Thanks to the Little Brown Book Group and Netgally for the advance copy for review

What an amazing conclusion to the duology. Sara was able to make me feel all emotions whilst reading the last few pages.

4.25 - 4.5

First things first: I read this sequel almost two years to the day after reading, and very much enjoying, book one, “The Jasad Heir”. While I knew the general plot and, most importantly, the ending of book one, I fairly quickly noticed that I had forgotten crucial and detailed information regarding the politics, the kingdoms, their respective rulers, who is conspiring with whom, etc.
I do recommend either freshening up your knowledge before going into “The Jasad Crown” or reading both books back to back.

“The Jasad Crown” is a fantastic sequel. Multi pov, politics, war, fights, rebels, some romance, a bit of humour aka all the good stuff.

There are four povs in total and two which I enjoyed the most were Arin & Sefa. Absolutely loved reading from Arin’s perspective and getting more into his head.
Equally interesting was Sefa, for the same reasons as Arin but also because of the time she spent apart from the others after the events of book one.
I will also mention Sylvia’s pov here, because in her chapters the writing really emphasized the change she was going through throughout this whole book.

I loved reading about the characters connecting the dots with every new information and theorising about the how, what and whys. However, as I mentioned in the beginning, to be able to follow those conversations and thoughts, you need to have a very good understanding of the world. Otherwise those are all just mostly random names and places.

I noticed some inconsistency in pacing. The first half was rather slow, with occasional time jumps, whereas the second half felt like the pace picked up while being overall more consistent.

The last 200-250 pages: excellent. No notes. Especially the last four chapters but even more especially the epilogue. A lot of tears were shed.

Very excited for Sara’s future projects!

I shall now take about two years to recover from the emotional damage and then reread this duology.

Thank you Sara Hashem, Netgalley and Little, Brown Book Group UK, for providing me with an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review.

I didn't know what to expect from this sequel, but I must say I enjoyed it even more than the first book. This story was filled with unexpected turns, character growth, and intrigue. In this book, Sylvia took a different role that was partially forced upon her, but she didn't falter. For once, she decided to stay and fight for her loved ones and the people of Jasad. I truly loved the change in her thinking and decision-making. You could truly see her growth after the incidents from the first book. In this book, I also fell in love even more with her relationship with Arin. After some of the new revelations and scenes, I truly started to believe in their feelings. Arin especially changed throughout this book and fell for her even harder. They were true enemies in this book, but at the same time, they couldn't stay away from each other. Now, let's talk about my favorite part of the book, which is the ending. My boyfriend found me sobbing on the couch for at least 10 minutes when I was finishing the book. It was painful and beautiful at the same time. I think it's one of those endings that will stay with me for a while. I highly recommend this duology for anyone who loves fantasy, strong female MC, and addictive romance.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5 stars
Thank you to the publisher for providing me with an eARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!
The Jasad Crown is my highly anticipated sequel to The Jasad Heir, continuing the story of Sylvia, the fugitive queen on a path to restore her lost kingdom of Jasad, and Arin, tasked to find and stop her.

“You, Essiya of Jasad, will not be known for burning. You will always be known for surviving.”

Beware of spoilers for the previous book!
The Jasad Heir Review | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I’ve been waiting with reading The Jasad Heir, because I expected it to be 10/5 star book and didn’t want to wait too long with reading the sequel. I read the book last month, it was indeed a 10/5 star book, dove into this one the moment I was approved and its an 11/5 star book. This duology is by far one of the best fantasy duologies out there and EVERYONE should read this!!

Let’s just say, I’ve got over 400 highlights and notes on my kindle for this book and it’s hard to put my feelings into writing aside from just saying; I love this book with my whole heart and its amazing. I honestly can’t find even the tiniest flaw in all 688 pages of this book, aside from wanting more hahahaha

This book was striking, beautiful, emotional and haunting all at the same time. We get a multiple POV, diving into the lives of Sylvia and Arin, but also into Arin’s past! I also loved the fact that we got Marek and Sefa POVs! We see more of the Jasad magic and how many different forms it can take! We travel to Jasad in this book, seeing more of the world! Everything we got in book 1, we get in book 2 and more!

I have a lot of love for both Sylvia and Arin! They are both morally grey, have sooo many layers and still I would go to the end of the world for both of them! Sylvia is a beautiful female character that grew into the best version of herself! At the same time, her humour was the absolute best! Arin is my darling, who I love. We got to understand him so much better throughout this book and he truly showed his devotion and his yearning.

The romance is one of the best romances I’ve ever read! This is a true example of how Enemies-to-Lovers should be written! The scorching tension between the two, the SLOW burn!! Just absolutely perfection!

The ending actually broke me, like full on sobbing on the beach broke me… It was both because of the emotional roller coaster this book took me on, the ending itself, which was perfection and that very last chapter!!!!!!! God please give me more of this world and these characters!

Overall, The Jasad Crown = perfection

My heart!

God honestly, the completion to this duology was SUPERB.
The tension throughout the whole book just had me on my knees, this was one of the easiest 5* I think I have ever give, The world building throughout the duology all pieced together so perfectly in this, the world just felt like the most vivid place.

We had multiple povs through the book and I am so so here for that! Sylvia/Essiya and Arin's story continues right where we left off, with insight into where Marek & Sefa have been sent and what they are doing to come back to their Sylvia.
Other side characters such as Wes & Jeru really had their time to shine and every page had me excited to read about everyone and anyone within this world.

The epilogue had me in pieces, I thought it was painful, and then I read the epilogue.
If you're looking for a slow burn, a completed duology and to feel EVERYTHING, then don't hesitate to pick up Jasad Heir & Jasad Crown.

Thanks netgallery for the arc. This was the long awaited finale to the The Scorched Throne Series. Surpassed all my expectations and i could literally not put the book down.

This was a phenomenal read and quite possibly my new favourite duology.

the pacing of these books are brilliant and can't wait to see what Sara does next

So, here's the thing: I'm just not much of a romantasy reader. I keep trying and I keep hating my reading experiences because there's generally such a huge reliance on popular tropes mixed with frankly subpar writing that I just feel like I'm a participant in the eye-rolling Olympics before I even make it to page 2. So imagine my surprise when the first book in this duology, "The Jasad Heir" and it blew me away. I expected nothing and I got so much. I was genuinely excited to see where this duology was heading, I absolutely adored our main character and I loved the love interest. The "Scorched Throne" duology is genuinely not what I would categorize as romantasy at all, personally I'd say this is fantasy with a central romance that still isn't the most important part of this book. And I love it. The romance is also probably one of the best I've read in a very long time and I'm a little obsessed with the two of them.

The second book picks off shortly after the events of book 1, and while I at first struggled to remember everything, it all quickly came back to me. I loved seeing the characters again, and I loved how much time this book spends on them. Quite frankly, the pacing is rather slow and at times even too slow and I do think the book would have profited from cutting 50 to even 100 pages. But it's also a very character-driven story and almost every single character gets to be complex and is allowed to develop, Sylvia and Arin especially of course. I loved reading both of their perspectives, even though they truly hurt at times. Sylvia remains one of the best female protagonists I've read in quiiiiite a while, and Arin is just as great both as protagonist and love interest. But the side characters had their time to shine as well - admittedly not all of them at all times, but all in all they were fantastic.
While yes, the pacing is slow, the narrative as such is incredibly interesting and more complex than it seems at first. The ending also really stuck the landing. There is one important character event happening later on that I admittedly didn't like at all - not because it was genuinely heartbreaking, because I love genuinely heartbreaking things in my epic fantasy stories, but because it felt more of a shock-value kind of decision to put it in here. It felt a little unnecessary to be honest. The worldbuilding is a little convoluted at times but also really fascinating.

I'm genuinely excited to see what Hashem might think of next. Whatever it is, I'll definitely read it - even if it turns out to be romantasy.

Thank you to Netgalley and the UK publishers for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This romantasy duology really offered something different in the genre. If you are a fan of the enemy to lovers trope, definitely give this book a try. It isn't a 'soft touch' on the trope at all, instead really commiting to it and I really appreciated that.

Indeed, the strength in this book lies in the characters, their arcs, growth and relationships. Whilst book one had a strong and cohesive plot line, for the first part of this book I felt the pacing and plot development was slightly off and it was difficult to see where it was going and if it was building to something truly worthwhile.

However, the ending was very good and it went in a direction which most authors might shy away from. 3.5 🌟 overall and I would recommend giving this a shot.

Where do I even begin to talk about this book?

The Jasad Crown is the last book in the Scorched Throne duology.

With the last Jasad heir on their side, the Urabi’s were gearing up to reclaim their homeland that was scorched and destroyed during the last Blood Summit. While Sylvia had limited options be a willing participant of this war, she and Arin wanted to prevent it as much as possible.

They knew the cost of war. Though they were on the opposing sides, they didn’t want to see innocent lives lost to the greed of privileged nobles and politicians pushing for the war. It was a battle of wills and magic with their love struggling to stand the test of time.

Going into the book, I was a little hesitant thinking it was going to be a full fledged war novel, but it wasn’t the case. It heavily focused on avoiding the impending war. The story narrated through four POVs was a convenient choice, since all our main characters were scattered in different directions. I was so worried this would limit Arin and Essiya’s page-time, but boy, the author didn’t disappoint us.

After Jasad Crown, I wasn’t ready to part with this duology, so I went back and read Jasad Heir. I should have done this first, but I didn’t have time. Going back to book 1, I noticed too many things were foreshadowed that would happen in book2. I was reeling with the events unfolding in a steady, yet a brilliant pace. I could see a lot of effort going into planning the plot.

I liked Sefa’s growth along with our other main characters. They had to rediscover themselves and come to terms with the truth staring at them. They grew into people who strived for change and a better world. I also loved the mythology of the gods whose magic inherited by their descendants was the root cause of all the problems. They played a huge part as much as our four MCs.

Lastly, Essiya and Arin’s romance did justice to enemies-to-lovers trope. It’s one of the few Fantasy books that got it right. I never read two couples who loved fighting each other as them. They liked punching each other. It was their love language, and I ate up every morsel of their interaction. I couldn’t (and wouldn’t) stop obsessing over them. They were (and are) the it couple for me.

The Jasad Crown is one of the best sequels I’ve read thus far. I never went into it expecting to find an all-time favourite read, but here we are. I could go on to say how much I loved the plot, world, and the romance, but I’d spare y’all the words and would rather recommend it if you haven’t read it yet.

Thank you Orbit and NetGalley for the DRC of the book!!

Loved this! So much so I bought the special edition of it
Great continuation from The Jasad Heir. Really enjoyed it, the characters continued to develop and the relationships between them more complex in the best ways pushing the story on. Loved every word