SPFBO9 Review: To Steal the Sun by S.M. Carter @dominishbooks

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Check out my thoughts on the South Asia-inspired heist fantasy To Steal the Sun, book one of The Jeweled Lands by S.M. Carter.

I read this for phase one of #SPFBO9 as part of Team Bookborn. For more #SPFBO details, check out organiser Mark Lawrence's blog page here: mark---lawrence.blogspot.com/2023/05/spfbo-9-phase-1.html

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$SPFBO9 Review: To Steal the Sun by S.M. Carter Check out my thoughts on the South Asia-inspired heist fantasy To Steal the Sun, book one of The Jeweled Lands by S.M. Carter. I read this for phase one of #SPFBO9 as part of Team Bookborn. For more #SPFBO details, check out organiser Mark Lawrences blog page here: https://mark lawrence.blogspot.com/2023/05/spfbo-9-phase-1.html Find me elsewhere: Discord: https://discord.gg/7pvZWqrnAF Twitter: https://twitter.com/dominish_books BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/dominishbooks.bsky.social Bookstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dominish_books/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/dominish Storylace: https://www.storylace.com/user/dominish_books Web: https://www.dominishbooks.com Support the Channel: My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dominish_books My Amazon Wishlist, for the amazingly generous people who like to gift books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/4HUTZXBVD046?ref wl_share Want cool fantasy merch? 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