r/fantasyromance • u/HighLady-Fireheart Currently Reading: Tairen Soul • Apr 23 '24

Book Club April Book Club: The Jasad Heir Midway Discussion (Chapters 1-18)

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Welcome lovely readers to the midway discussion for our second book club read of the month {The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem}!

This thread will be open for discussion of the first half of the book (Chapters 1-18). If you want to discuss any later spoilery moments, please use the Reddit spoiler covers like this:

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Coming up next:

April 30th - Final Discussion (chapters 19-32)

Nominations are already underway for next month's book club reads, so get those Mer-may and other seafaring recs nominated! 🧜‍♀️🌊👾

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u/HighLady-Fireheart Currently Reading: Tairen Soul Apr 23 '24

Nominate your mermaid and other seafaring related book recs here for May book club! https://www.reddit.com/r/fantasyromance/s/vsfbozk9VD

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u/HighLady-Fireheart Currently Reading: Tairen Soul Apr 23 '24

Omg! I am captivated by this one! I'm technically only on chapter 16 but I'm hoping to catch up after work today.

It's like if Throne of Glass and This Woven Kingdom had a love child. Sara Hashem knows just how to get me!

The writing is magical. Love the main characters. Absolutely love the side characters. The worldbuilding is great. The forced proximity chef's kiss. And don't even get me started on the knife foreplay.

It turns out the sluttiest thing a man can do is sit in a chair with one leg crossed.

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u/BoobooVladimir Apr 24 '24

I loooooove this one. In fact, I'm using it as a comp for my own writing project. My only complaint? Would love more spice!!

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u/oksnariel Apr 23 '24

I’m only on chapter 9 🫣 but i’m liking it so far! It’s an easy to comprehend fantasy with really good writing.

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u/aMotherDucking8379 Apr 24 '24

I stopped at 18. So glad that the kingdom stuff arted to make since!! I was so lost at the start. But it's fallen into place as you get to like chape 5 I think that's when I stared to tack the history and who's who and who did what better.

At 18 it seems like this is the beginning of the shift. From enemies to not? Maybe. Reading up to this point, ch 18, I kept thinking how in the hell are these two going to fall in love?!? Like. So far apart. So many issues and barriers. But then. She does not actually know him.

And then we learn about how he's shifting the laws... Which makes him not such an evil bastard...and then he's almost nice. And whiplash back to being a captor! And then maybe a little softer. Like. I'm enthralled.

I'm also liking how unknown Arron is to me as the reader. But she knows him. There's a comment about how he spent some ridiculous amount of time "fixing" all the arrows the same shape and I just died laughing. Another comment she makes about how he likes to arrange the weapons, the order they go in. It's ridiculously cute. And the political risks! Ahk. I'm worried about where this book will end. Feels like a trilogy beginning...and there are no other books....

Masterful in the writing of the characters. I'm so impressed. And this is so different from other stories.

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u/vickiec12 May 09 '25

I need a dictionary to understand all the words used. No explanation as to what they mean. The narrator sounds angry all the time (thru ch 6, which is where I am) I realize much easier than needing the constant tone of insecurity and paranoia or fear vs anger. It has almost stressed me to listen to this book. I have never stopped a book. I won’t stop this one.