In the beginning, there was the Namsara: the child of sky and spirit, who carried love and laughter wherever he went. If you’re a fan of epic fantasy and of incredible heroines becoming more incredible, you may want to try The Last Namsara. He controls Asha’s power by telling her that her power comes from a bad place, and Asha realizing that and reclaiming it was huge for me. There’s a lot of that here.Īsha called Iskari because she’s terrifying, and part of the reason she’s terrifying is that her father has conditioned her to believe she’s dangerous and evil and somehow inherently corrupted since childhood. I also love stories where the main characters have to reconcile that the world they think they knew and the things they accepted as true, might be lies. However, some dragons were hurt in this book and that I wasn’t crazy about. Also, dragons love stories, both hearing them and telling them (telepathically) and that made my heart so happy. Stories, specifically ancient tales, are portrayed as powerful (and thus forbidden). I really loved the world building in this book. Asha has never been bested in battle, and she hunts dragons to prove her ferocity (thereby transferring some of that power over to her father).Īsha isn’t really comfortable with all of this, however, and as she gets closer to the day she’s supposed to marry the leader of her father’s militia, she begins to question what she’s always accepted as truth. She is called Iskari after the goddess of destruction. Her father is the Dragon King, and Asha is his terrifying right-hand. Win!Īsha is a princess of Firgaard, a totalitarian kingdom with expansionist desires. There’s also a romance, but no love triangle.Īdd to that a completely badass warrior heroine, a forbidden love story, dragons, and storytelling depicted as a powerful magic. We get full resolution, although I can certainly see the book being part of a larger series. First of all, there’s no cliffhanger ending.

The Last Namsara is a YA epic fantasy that I think will appeal to a lot of readers, including those who are a little leery of the genre.

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