Inferno's Heir is the first book in a YA political fantasy series by Tiffany Wang. Released 15th Oct 2024, it's 400 pages and is available in paperback, audio, and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links.
This is a chaotic, action driven fantasy with an ensemble cast of disaffected teenagers, each with their own motivations and goals. Black sheep princess and antiheroine Teia is on a mission to depose her cruel/ruthless/amoral brother Jura. Lots of fights (very well choreographed), heists, more fights, evil threats and posturing, morally grey actions (on Teia's part), and *lots* of surprises.
This was a book whose resolution was impossible to anticipate; well played on the part of the author. It's definitely written for a YA audience, there's a fair bit of sarcastic and unrealistic banter, along with lots of morally gray skullduggery. It's a debut work, and there are some relatively minor pacing issues. The climax, resolution and denouement are impressively well done and impossible to suss out ahead of time.
The unabridged audiobook has a run time of 10 hours 48 minutes and is capably read by Natalie Naudus. She has a slightly gravelly alto voice and does the requisite "generic British YA fantasy" voice narration well, though her natural born accent is American. Sound and production quality are high throughout the read.
Book 2 is due out in mid 4th-quarter 2025. It would be a good choice for a buddy read, or for fans of strong-female-led YA p0litical-fantasies.
Three and a half stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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