The “almost” lay in the fact that he had the strangest magic I’d ever heard of. She takes him home out of a combination of kindness and loneliness but soon discovers she’s not quite sure what this man is: However, she has always been able to see magic, leading her to believe this man must be one of the many godlings living in the city. It may seem unusual that Oree can see anything at all – she is actually blind. One morning when she goes to throw out her paint, she happens to see a rather unusual sight – she sees “glory awaken in a pile of muck” when a glowing man arises from a heap of garbage. For ten years she makes a meager living selling her artwork in the streets. One month after the appearance of the World Tree in Sky, Oree left her home to go live there. Plus it is fun to see familiar characters from the first book make appearances.
Although it might be fun to discover what is happening right along with the narrator, knowledge of the background will help to get the most from the story. Since Oree, the main character, does not have a lot of inside knowledge about the events ten years ago, she does not understand all of what is happening for a while, but those who have read the first novel will be one step ahead of her. While this book has a different main character than the previous novel and could work as a stand alone, I’d recommend starting at the beginning. The majority of The Broken Kingdoms takes place ten years after the end of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. The third book, The Kingdom of Gods, will be available in 2011 and is told from the point of view of Sieh, the trickster god. Jemisin, following closely behind the February release of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, the first novel. The Broken Kingdoms is the second book in The Inheritance trilogy by N.
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