Le Fleuve d'argent

I loved the Daevabad trilogy and it’s evident by how popular Shannon Chakraborty’s work has become that The River of Silver would be a wonderful addition to the series. We’re given several short stories filled with familiar faces from various moments before, during and after the events that occurred in the main series took place and I loved every single one of them.What really appealed as I read, was how these didn’t feel like random stories for fans of the series, but rather deleted scenes from the world we’ve grown to love and I really didn’t want it to come to an end. Perhaps with this little book that came about a couple of years after the third book was released; we may return at some point - I know I would love more about Daevabad before things begin in The City of Brass, and I’d be curious too if Dara ever returns to the city he called home once upon a time and learned to love someone centuries after.. I’d also love some glimpses of Dara, Zaynab and Aqisa as they hunt the Ifrit.With the knowledge from the author’s note that the series could have been a multi-pov epic fantasy and these glimpses we are given from extracts that didn’t make the final cut of the series? I really wonder what could have been because I already love the story but things like seeing Muntadhir al Qahtani  and Nahri during their years of marriage between books one and two had me appreciate how we see him loose the bravado and arrogance we’re more familiar with and try to be a friend to his wife.I really enjoyed The River of Silver - it was just what I needed after finishing The Empire of Gold and wanting to see what happened next to well, everyone. With  two couples in Daevabad learning to see what they were after everything and Dara out there hunting down enemies… I can hope for more; right? In the meantime, May the Fires Burn Bright to them all.