Feb 27, 2023
(pitch voice) Do you like character-driven fantasy with bittersweet romance? Well, then the Shattered Kingdoms trilogy might be something for you! (pitch end) Jachad, Lahlil / The Shattered Kingdoms (c) Evie Manieri
#illustration#book art#evie manieri#blood's pride#the shattered kingdoms trilogy#shattered kingdoms spoilers#jachad#lahlil#jachad nisharan#jachi#meiran#the mongrel#manieri is a highly underappreciated author (in my opinion)#I borrowed the first book from the library several years ago and really really enjoyed it; but they did not have the rest of the series#so I thought to simply buy the full story for myself - only to learn that it was basically impossible to get a hold of in my country#and thinking the missing books might come back in stock I decided to wait; cue me finding out the situation got even worse after a few year#so in the end I had to order second-hand versions from overseas and then the first package got lost and I had to order again and then#the first package showed up (sigh) but I figure it's better to have two books too many than two books missing#but anyway I got 'em and I finished reading them a few weeks ago but now I just keep pulling the books off the shelf to stare at them#I even have one on my desk right now 'as reference' but I'm considering letting it stay there as a calming factor#I don't know what's wrong with me. maybe waiting and wanting to finish a series for several years finally broke me.#it's not a perfect story or anything and I was a bit disappointed that some story lines were completely dropped#but I still got what I wanted from it so. count your eggs or whatever that saying is.#also I'm so sick and tired of this image#'let's draw something easy and fun!' I thought. 'let's make something colourful!'#'let's make everything ORANGE'