![]() The book is full of magic and reads a bit like an ancient epic, with the heroes accomplishing tasks and discovering bits and pieces of this wondrous world. ![]() Would it even refer to the same rose, cultivated as a hybrid of two or three other kinds for the high quality of its oil? Yeah, if I’m nitpicking about this, you can imagine the rest of the book is very close to perfection! Unless, by some coincidence, there is also a city called Damascus in this fictional world, and, coincidentally, it was also involved in the history of cultivation of this particular rose, the name doesn’t make sense. It could be a French braid, or Carrara marble, or anything. Every once in a while, I read a book set up in a fantasy universe, and I come across terms referring to actual places in our world that break my immersion. ![]() It’s so insignificant that it’s not even worth mentioning, but it’s a part of a larger trend in fantasy and has become a pet peeve of mine. The world-building is exquisite, blending so many creatures and legends into one coherent whole. ![]() We are thrown into a beautiful, magical world of lush gardens and sweet fruits, spirits and demons, yakshas, rakshas, vanaras. A charming, colorful, atmospheric fantasy book, based on Hindu epics. ![]()
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