The Stone Sky

NK Jemisin is just one of the best writers of my time. Her world-building is stunning, her characters are intricate and real, and her ideas are some of the most original I've ever read. The Stone Sky puts an end to The Broken Earth trilogy, which if you've started, you have to finish, and if you haven't started, you shouldn't read this book yet. Go start the series.

What really strikes me about Jemisin's writing and this trilogy in particular is how she can create this amazing mythos and world so far from our own, and then use it to viciously critique our own world without anything ever seeming heavy-handed or preachy. Jemisin has words to say about how people of color are treated, and those themes are impossible not to see. It is also impossible not to get swept up in geoarcanity and the story of.a mother and daughter, separated by their similarities.

I love this series. I love Jemisin's work. Everybody read it all.