Maybe this doesn’t seem all that praiseworthy–aren’t all second books of a series expected to follow up on the events of the first?–but it is.
What’s more, The Oleander Sword takes seriously the ramifications of the events of its predecessor where The Jasmine Throne planted some important seeds for us, The Oleander Sword allows us to see them grow. Because Suri has already adeptly laid out a solid foundation for her world and characters in the first book, the sequel allows us to delve more into that world, and to get a broader view at how its pieces fit together. It’s such an ambitious novel it takes big leaps–with its characters, its plot, its worldbuilding–and it sticks the landing with every single one of them. The world feels so much more expansive in this installment, which is exactly what you want out of a sequel. Everything about The Oleander Sword worked for me. I don’t even know how to review this because I honestly don’t have a single bad thing to say about it. Sometimes I try to be fancy with my reviews but I’m just gonna cut straight to the chase with this one: The Oleander Sword was absolutely incredible–not just a stellar novel in its own right, but also a sequel that improves upon its (already excellent) predecessor in almost every way.
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