A review by emmaraeempowered
The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin

5.0

Of course this was amazing!! Of course I loved this!!
I buddy read this and I just really love the experience of reading Jemisin's books with someone. It's so fun to dissect scenes and sentences constantly asking "now what do you think she meant by that??"
This was an incredible story I love everything about it. I loved the perspective changes...speaking of: If you read further I will be writing spoilers!! So click away now! 

I felt so many emotions around Nassun and her experience. Seeing her perspective on things from the moment her brother was murdered and forward was heartbreaking and even frustrating at times. I stubbornly wanted her to understand her mom and run away far far away from Schaffa - not love Schaffa. But yet I understood her, Schaffa gave her that parental love she clearly was longing for. I worried for her as it became clear that her orogene capabilities were very strong and similar to her mothers. I felt such a range of emotions that by the very end I was so ready to dive in to the last book!

Lastly I'll just mention I love how the stones are described. I frequently gathered my little obelisks around me as I read haha.