To be honest, The Jasad Heir didn’t fully grab me - I liked the Egyptian-inspired world and the writing but I struggled to connect with the characters and felt a bit detached overall. But The Jasad Crown completely turned things around! It’s intense, emotional and beautifully written, with higher stakes, more twists, and much deeper character development.
What made the difference for me is that we get to know more about the characters - their histories, their motivations, what they’re fighting for. The multiple POVs added so much to the story and while Sylvia and Arin definitely grew on me, it was Sefa and Marek who absolutely stole my heart.
Sylvia was frustrating at times but I appreciated how complex and real she was. It was really interesting to see a "chosen one" who is scared, who resists their destiny and who wants to run from the expectations placed on them.
I loved the slow burn between Sylvia&Arin, the yearning and the tension, the way they’re constantly pulled toward each other even when they know they shouldn’t be.
The ending left me with mixed feelings - it wrecked me and while I wished we had more time with Sylvia and Arin, I still think it was a strong and fitting end to the duology. I can’t wait to see what Sara Hashem writes next!
～Thank you to Orbit and NetGalley for the ARC!

Until recently, The Jasad Heir was on my "shelf of shame" because I knew I would love it but hadn't gotten around to it. I'm so grateful to have gotten approved for the ARC of The Jasad Crown to get me to finally move it to the top of my TBR! Thank you to NetGalley, Orbit, and Sara Hashem!!

This Egyptian inspired duology is absolutely incredible. I loved the characters, the politics, the magic, and the romance. It is nearly impossible to believe that The Jasad Heir was a debut novel because it was done so well and the story was wrapped up beautifully in book two.

It has found family, true enemies to lovers, lots of secrets, and twists I didn't see coming. I also loved that book two had multiple POVs.

The FMC is a reluctant heroine, but it made her endearing. She was flawed but in a realistic way and I really loved her character.

The silver haired MMC, Arin, exercises control in all things, unless it comes to her. He is constantly thinking 20 steps ahead of everyone else and is oh so competent. He gets bonus points in my book for being raised one way and yet learning, growing, and thinking for himself when he received new information.

I hope that the final copy has a map and glossary because I think that would be really helpful with following the world building, which was a bit heavy at times.

Overall I loved this duology - I pre-ordered my copy of The Jasad Crown when I was less than 100 pages in. I highly recommend!

I can't believe this series is over. I'm in denial. I need more of Essiya, more of Arin, more of Efra, more of the characters being happy and living happily ever after. This book was everything I wanted the sequel to be and more.

Whatever made Sara Hashem write this in multi-POV - THANK YOU!! Essiya/Sylvia is still her sarcastic, short-tempered, complicated self. Arin's entire discovery arc had me at the edge of my seat, biting my nails. Sefa and Marek's relationship has my whole heart. I loved getting into each of their heads and seeing things from their perspectives. I loved that we got to see more of Jeru and how he operates. I love love love everything about this book.

ps the kitmers were freaking adorable

I absolutely loved the ending to Sylvia and Arin’s story. This book was intense, emotional, and totally satisfying. The stakes were high, the magic was wild, and the romance hit all the right notes. Sylvia’s growth was amazing to see, and Arin continues to be one of my favorite morally conflicted love interests.

A fantastic conclusion to a powerful duology—I’ll be thinking about this one for a while.

Thank you to NetGalley, and Orbit Bookw for the ARC!

This was an amazing conclusion to the story. It felt really well flushed out and I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. The world building also seemed to improve the more we delved into the mythology/history of the world. Arin was so hopelessly enamored with Sylvia it was amazing. I love this book and can’t wait to get a shelf trophy to cherish.

Thank you NetGalley!

I will need several business days to recover from that ending. Oh my god.

The relationship between Sylvia and Arin is great. Honestly, it’s probably what made this book so enjoyable for me. I feel like their characters were so much more consistent and enjoyable to read throughout this as compared to the first book. Their romance was really beautiful and entertaining to read.

I liked the plot. I do think there were points where it could’ve been paced better, but overall had fun. My one critique is I think Sefa and Marek as POV characters were underutilized and then thrown away as soon as they reunited with Essiya. I understand to a degree, but if you’re doing multiple POVs I think it’s a shame to just stop like that.

One of my big criticisms of the Jasad Heir was how bland side characters were. I feel like this one improves to an extent in that I can now differentiate easily between the personalities of Arin’s guard, but it built upon the problem by introducing SO MANY named side characters to an already massive cast. While there were still some blander characters, overall my big issue is that because of the sheer number of characters outside of Essiya, Arin, and to a degree Sefa and Jeru (who I guess are the most important side characters but still) I didn’t really feel fulfilled by any of them by the end of it. Because there were so many side characters, their parts felt rushed or like they should have been touched back on and weren’t. I am particularly disappointed in Vaida, who was built up throughout the only book, just to have her entire plan play out, fail, and lead to her vague fate over the course of a single chapter.

There is a major character death at the very end that I actually enjoyed. Go girl kill the characters I love. I really think the death should have happened at a different point in the plot though because so many things were happening at that point that there really wasn’t time to absorb the enormity of that emotional impact.

This book BROKE me...in a good way, but that ending, I'm still on the floor.

Hands down, this duology is now one of my favorite Fantasy reads and will be a go-to recommendation to others. It is simply that good.

This gave...
-Slow burn
-True enemies to lovers
-Action pact
-Magic
-Epic World Building
-Found family


This book had my eyes glued to the pages!!! I didn't wanna put it down, I definitely ignored my real life responsibilities to read this instead. I was STRESSED, like sit up, chew on your lip, rock back and forth stressed. I was on edge at every twist and turn. You will not be bored when reading this. Make sure you're real life doesn't need you, cause you're only going to wanna eat and sleep this book.

I'm still completely wrecked from that ending. THE TEARS!! Prepare your tissues. I am BROKEN.

I already want to reread this duology, and best believe I will certainly do so when the audio for The Jasad Crown comes out.

Sara, you are part of my list of favorite authors. You know how to write and you did your big one with The Jasad Crown and this duology overall!

This series has been really compelling and that continued in this book 2. I do think sometimes there was more telling than showing and that kind of worked against getting 100% sucked in. That epilogue though - gorgeous and heartwrenching!!!!

Thank you to NetGalley and Orbit for The Jasad Crown by Sara Hashem.

The Jasad Heir was in my top 3 books of 2023 and I was so sad that the 2nd book wasn't out when I finished it. 2 years later, i was absolutely psyched to see the Jasad Crown available. I reread the Jasad Heir in two days to refresh my brain before the Jasad Crown and it was better than I remembered. And now the Jasad Crown will definitely be in my top 3 of 2025. I was so impressed with Sara Hashem's writing. Not only did we get one unreliable narrator, we got 2! Incredible. I always find that fantasy romance is lacking in either the fantasy or the romance. This book had fantastic world building and fantastic, but limited, romance (the perfect amount). Sara Hashem is a master at making you scramble for the crumbs of romance scattered throughout the world.

I loved learning more about their childhoods and how their stories and ancestors were overlapping centuries before they ever met. The angst and yearning was almost overpowering (in a good way). The way they chose to protect each other, their families, each other's families, and their subjects at the same time just about shattered my heart. They sacrificed everything for each other over and over again, despite neither of them having good or normal childhoods and role models. They were manipulated and taught incorrectly about each other from childhood. We got to watch them navigate their own biases towards themselves and each other and relearn everything they thought they knew.

My only complaint from book 1 was that I wanted to learn more about Sefa and Marek's story and this book gave us all of that and more. After completing the duology, I do think this book would have worked slightly better as a trilogy because there is quite a lot of information and I think stretching it out to a third book would have been helpful for processing all of it. But, overall, this book made me feel so many emotions and Sylvia and Arin are my two favorite main character's of all time. I just really can't say enough about this duology. My only real complaint about this book was that it ended (which was devastating). 5 Stars! Sara Hashem, please please please write more books!

This is the conclusion in the Scorched throne duology. I absolutely love everything Egyptian inspired and have since I was a child. Four kingdoms fighting for power, one is emerging from the ashes, terrible bargains, trials, and enemies to lovers is what this story encompasses. I won't lie; this was a book that absolutely broke me in the best way possible. Hashem is an amazing author, and this book was absolutely worth the wait. I am still thinking about this duology! And do not get me started on the epilogue... Absolutely 5 stars!

Thank you so much Orbit and NetGalley! I was a huge fan of the Jasad Heir and was so excited to receive the ARC for the Jasad Crown. I loved that this book picked up shortly after the first one, and once again I feel straight into the allure of Essiya and Arin. The story was fast paced and kept me hook. In a few moments it seemed as though Essiya's magic was directly contradicting the rules that had been established throughout the story. This made a bit more sense when we learned what we did at the end, but it made me as the reader confused.

Overall enjoyed this book though, and am so excited to see what else comes from Sara Hashem!

This is genuinely one of the best books I have ever read. The writing, the plot, the tension, the angst, the drama, the action - I ATE IT UP. I will be yelling at everyone I know on July 15 to read this. Thank you so much to NetGalley and Orbit for the ARC!

A devastating conclusion to one of my absolute favorite duologies. The Jasad Heir was complex, well-written, and entertaining. The Jasad Crown was all of this and more. The first book introduces us to a cast of complex characters, while The Jasad Crown expands and deepens those already complex characters.

The book begins shortly after the events of The Jasad Heir; Sylvia has broken loose of her cuffs and therefore has complete access to her immense magic, and in the process has revealed her deepest secret to Arin and everyone present at the ball. She subsequently disappears as a result of fellow Jasadis magicking her away from the ballroom. Sefa and Marek are both missing and separated from one another due to Sylvia’s magic sending them someplace “safe”. Arin is reeling from what he perceives as Sylvia/Essiya’s betrayal.

I do believe this duology could have worked even better (and been even more jaw-dropping) with a bit of restructuring so that it could have been made a trilogy rather than a duology. While I adore world-building and therefore wasn’t scared off, there is a LOT of it going on in book 2, so much so that I think it reads a bit more like a book 1 in that regard, which might put some people off.

I enjoyed every moment and every aspect of this book. The author built on, expanded, and improved on the already phenomenal foundation that was established with book 1, which completely elevated everything about this series.

Thank you to Orbit and NetGalley for the e-arc!

If you loved The Jasad Heir, you’ll eat up The Jasad Crown. The story picks up only a few day after the ending events of TJH and wastes no time jumping into expanding the world, characters, and filling in key questions we were left with at the end of book 1. Arin and Sylvia are engaged in the ultimate cat and mouse chase; a morally grey push and pull battle full of angst and the classic dry humor we saw in the first book. They really frustrate eachother as much as they are obsessed with eachother. We also get a few additional POV’s in this book to develop some additional side plots to support the overall major end plot. And that end? Sara wanted to let us know she’s here for business and did not hold back in some brutal ways for our characters. The character development of Sylvia and Arin arcs really nicely and in many ways mirror one another. They love to aggravate one another so buckle up and get ready to watch them make just as many bad choices as good ones.

The primary area where I struggled with this book was in the pacing. Similar to book 1, the first half is a bit slower and at times I felt myself wanting more connection to the primary plot and action.

I think readers that liked TJH will enjoy this, as well as any other readers who enjoy morally grey characters with dry humor and just the smallest, smallest bit of spice.

Oh my heart! This was an incredible conclusion, painful, but incredible. There was honestly a nice balance between characterization and plot advancement. We have this impeding, but not necessarily inevitable, war upon us, and we also have 2 broken characters trying to rebuild themselves when the truth exposes them into a reality they’re not really ready for.

Sylvia, or Essiya, is done hiding and running. She’s trying to be the person people need and her journey is soooo wonderful. I’m feeling really proud of her, compared to the first book, she really has come a long way. I’m just really impressed with Sara Hashem’s writing. It was so beautiful and there was a lot of depth.

Arin also gets more POVs now, along with Sefa and Marek, and their added voices really made me enjoy the story. Arin, in particular, had some painful chapters, I mean they all did tbh, but he was going through it. My favourite thing about his character is how he feels his senses return only when he’s around Essiya. The way it’s done is sooo beautiful.

Arin and Essiya don’t get to showcase their brilliant brains as much in this book but there was so much of it in the first one that I don’t feel robbed. They had so many other moments in this book that ripped my heart out. This couple will forever be the epitome of enemies-to-lovers, anything else is subpar at best, it’s true!

We also continue to learn about the Awalas, a few plot twists about other things that I did NOT see coming, it was a major woah moment, we also get a few new characters that take a minute and half for you to care about them (you’re learning about them from Sylvia’s POV and you know how much of a hater she is lolol, so her take on a person is kinda bias but I love it).

I also must note that like the author, I am Egyptian, so it was wonderful to see all the inspirations used in the book, I genuinely have never seen it anywhere else! It was so nice to see these characters love the things that I love. I can’t wait to see what Hashem brings into the world next!

Thank you so much to Orbit and Netgalley for the arc, these are my honest thoughts!!

<i>“If she dies for them, they will die with her.” – Arin</i>

In The Jasad Crown, Sara Hashem shatters the illusion of easy power and dives straight into the perilous aftermath of ruin. Picking up the shattered pieces left by The Jasad Heir, this sequel doesn’t just continue Essiya’s journey, it weaponizes it.

There’s a rawness to this book that hits hard. An unflinching gaze at legacy, trauma, and the weight of expectation. Essiya’s struggle isn’t just about controlling her magic, it’s about surviving herself. She isn’t your typical fantasy heroine, she’s chaos with a conscience. And it’s unclear whether that chaos will crown her or crush her.

Hashem deepens the political lore. The political undercurrents elevate the stakes far beyond palace drama. The first book asks what you’re willing to lose to survive, the sequel demands to know what you’re willing to become.

By the final chapters, the betrayals are gutting, the magic feral, and the decisions… devastating. Essiya & Arin posses two bleeding hearts, ready to pay the price of power.

The Jasad Crown is bloody, bold, and brilliantly unstable. Essiya is a heroine for the broken and the burning, and her journey through madness and monarchy is one of the most compelling things I’ve read this year. <b>Hashem doesn’t ask us to trust Essiya. She dares us to believe in her anyway.</b>

I would award this more than 5 stars if I could. Sara Hashem has created such a beautiful story in this duology and I love it so much, I was sad that it ended. The last chunk of this book was read through tears.

I just have to say that The Jasad Crown started out with a bang and absolutely never let up. It chased me through the pages and kept threatening me like a deranged goose. There were times I wanted to sit with what I read and take it in but there were (many) other times where I binged chapters at a time and wasn’t able to stop.

I’ve talked so much about The Jasad Heir to anyone that would listen but now I get to rave even more about the complete duology and do my best to press these books into the hands of readers that will love these characters and this world. I’m so happy that I could be talking to my buddy reading bestie about it because she also had an ARC and we both needed to weep and frantically text about it more.

Thank you to Net Galley and Orbit for providing a copy of this to me in exchange for an honest review! I can’t wait to have the physical version in my hands to read the duology again.

I’m not gonna lie y’all…the first 55% of this was…rough. There was so just world building it almost felt like I was reading a book 1 in a series. I kept going because of peer pressure (thanks dayna) and the ending definitely made it worthwhile.

The tension and yearning in this book is insane so if you’re looking for that with some Egyptian inspired storylines and multi pov (at least in book2!), I’d recommend this series.

I love a duology and I love a storyline with multiple characters that start apart but somehow make it back to the same place. The execution was great once things picked up. The battles were amazing, the magic was so cool, and the ending WRECKED me.

thank you so much to the publisher for this advanced copy! jasad crown comes out in mid July!!

This book was an incredible conclusion to the Duology. The Egyptian mythology incorporated in this book made it stand out against other fantasy books. The only small complaint is that I think there were some things that could have had a deeper explanation to keep readers from getting confused. Otherwise, the plot, the characters, the magic were all so good!

Wow, an incredible ending to a wonderful duology! The Jada’s Crown took us in a journey through redemption and growth of the FMC and MMC characters. Through the story, I felt the emotions of Essiya as she grew into the hero of her people. The ending was a surprise! The enemies to lovers was perfectly executed in this novel.