The Jasmine Throne (Burning Kingdoms Book 1) Book Richard Blanco's childhood and adolescence

Richard Blanco's childhood and adolescence were experienced between two imaginary worlds: his parents' nostalgic world of 1950s Cuba and his imagined America

Aching with grief and dreaming of vanished girls

who could shift the balance in their struggle for peace

Therese begins to gravitate toward the alluring suburban housewife

but still largely unrecognized

The Jasmine Throne (Burning Kingdoms Book 1) Book Richard Blanco's childhood and adolescenceWINNER OF THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2021 BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, LIBRARY JOURNAL, BOOKLIST, AND THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY A ruthless princess and a powerful priestess come together to rewrite the fate of an empire in this "fiercely and unapologetically feminist tale of endurance and revolution set against a gorgeous, unique magical world" (S. A. Chakraborty, author of the The City of Brass). Exiled by her