Or Lin’s complex relationship with her adopted brother, Bayan.

Their chapters offer a great look into the struggles they go through - wanting to be with the other forever but not seeing how a Rebel could possibly marry a governor’s daughter. Ranami/Phalue (f/f) have a sort of forbidden lovers romance going on. The relationships in this book are incredible. Her chapters felt like a slow burn, which in the context of the faster-paced perspectives felt a bit jarring in my opinion. I loved how she questioned her surroundings and how she became a strong leader. In terms of character, she was excellent. Perhaps because, to me, they felt so spread out compared to the others. All of them are important, but personally I found Sand’s chapters to be a bit lackluster in comparison to the others. As the book progresses, they slowly begin to intermingle with each other. Each perspective adds something to the story as a whole. The Bone Shard Daughter is a multi-perspective book, which really makes it fly by. Yet such power carries a great cost, and when the revolution reaches the gates of the palace, Lin must decide how far she is willing to go to claim her birthright – and save her people. When her father refuses to recognise her as heir to the throne, she vows to prove her worth by mastering the forbidden art of bone shard magic. Lin is the emperor’s daughter and spends her days trapped in a palace of locked doors and dark secrets. But now his rule is failing, and revolution is sweeping across the Empire’s many islands. The emperor’s reign has lasted for decades, his mastery of bone shard magic powering the animal-like constructs that maintain law and order.

The bone shard daughter characters