The Jasmine Throne

The Jasmine Throne is the first book in The Burning Kingdoms series written by Tasha Suri.



Cover Description
The book cover features an image of the main character, Priya, sitting on the side of a fleet of stairs going up and across the ride side of the page. In the background of cover is an image of a tall building, likely the Hirana. The color scheme goes from yellows to reds then to browns.

Official Synopsis
Author of Empire of Sand and Realm of Ash Tasha Suri's The Jasmine Throne, beginning a new trilogy set in a world inspired by the history and epics of India, in which a captive princess and a maidservant in possession of forbidden magic become unlikely allies on a dark journey to save their empire from the princess's traitor brother.

Imprisoned by her dictator brother, Malini spends her days in isolation in the Hirana: an ancient temple that was once the source of the powerful, magical deathless waters — but is now little more than a decaying ruin.

Priya is a maidservant, one among several who make the treacherous journey to the top of the Hirana every night to clean Malini’s chambers. She is happy to be an anonymous drudge, so long as it keeps anyone from guessing the dangerous secret she hides.

But when Malini accidentally bears witness to Priya’s true nature, their destinies become irrevocably tangled. One is a vengeful princess seeking to depose her brother from his throne. The other is a priestess seeking to find her family. Together, they will change the fate of an empire.

Plot
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Content Warnings
From Tasha Suri's Website


 * Explicit violence including immolation and self-immolation


 * Gender-based violence (this does not include sexual assault)


 * Homophobia and internalized homophobia


 * Suicidal ideation


 * Self-mutilation


 * Abusive family dynamics


 * Child murder


 * Body horror (plant-based, cosmic)


 * Forced drug use and depictions of addiction/withdrawal

Links To Buy

 * Hatchette Books Group
 * Amazon
 * Barnes and Noble
 * Books-A-Million
 * Indie Bound