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ashybear02's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Misogyny, Death, Religious bigotry, War, Slavery, Sexism, Murder, Child death, and Violence
venti's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
“i don't know,” she said, musing. “is there a feminine version of the tzhung name han?”
so nearly she surprised him into laughter. “hanyi.”
“then perhaps i shall call my daughter hanyi,” said rhian. “if I have a daughter. if i don't die soon.”
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this book cut my heart out and sacrificed it to the evil entity of mijak. i literally don’t think i will ever be the same after this trilogy. like wtf.
i cried, i laughed, i dramatically acted out the scenes where sun-dao nearly died, and also when he actually did die LOL.
i loved the tzhung. they were so cool, loved the witch-men and their wind shit. really picked up the less interesting parts of the book, totally not because i imagined han as xiao zhan LMAO. his grief surrounding sun-dao and his general character arc was very unique and complex and i just want to give karen miller a hug for making such a sad little man™
and ofc zandakar. my little evil blue man. very much pissed me off how much shit he had to endure for rhian to take him seriously, but am very happy with his ending with dexterity. makes me happy.
rhian. omg i live for rhian. i sort of maybe live for alisdair, but he pissed me off eventually LOL. rhian was just so relatable. rhian is just like me fr. also the exchange at the top between her and han was literally the best part of the book, aside from dmitrak getting his shit rocked by zandakar.
controversially, i liked hekat’s story resolution. it was a sort of full circle moment, really. born in violence, dead in violence. hekat was doomed from the start. even completely insane in the end, hekat truly is a menacing villain, and to boot a complex one. miller was fire for that tbh.
to end, my other favourite exchange between rhian and han <3
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she lost sight of him for a moment, in a blurring of tears. “thank you,” she said, her voice husky. “and…thank you for returning my horse, by the way.”
surprise and amusement flashed vivid across his face. “rhian, little girl-queen…tzhung's emperor has missed you.”
she touched his silk-clad arm with her fingertips. “and ethrea's queen has missed you, han.”
then they both turned at the sound of her soldiers, approaching. their private moment was over…
it was time to go to war.
so in conclusion, rhian has a baby girl called hanyi, zandakar is warlord in mijak with dexterity and everyone is happy <3 bc i said so
so nearly she surprised him into laughter. “hanyi.”
“then perhaps i shall call my daughter hanyi,” said rhian. “if I have a daughter. if i don't die soon.”
—
this book cut my heart out and sacrificed it to
i cried, i laughed, i dramatically acted out the scenes where sun-dao nearly died, and also when he
i loved the tzhung. they were so cool, loved the witch-men and their wind shit. really picked up the less interesting parts of the book, totally not because i imagined han as xiao zhan LMAO. his grief surrounding
and ofc zandakar. my little evil blue man. very much pissed me off how much shit he had to endure for rhian to take him seriously, but am very happy with his ending with dexterity. makes me happy.
rhian. omg i live for rhian. i sort of maybe live for alisdair, but he pissed me off eventually LOL. rhian was just so relatable. rhian is just like me fr. also the exchange at the top between her and han was literally the best part of the book, aside from
controversially, i liked hekat’s story resolution.
to end, my other favourite exchange between rhian and han <3
—
she lost sight of him for a moment, in a blurring of tears. “thank you,” she said, her voice husky. “and…thank you for returning my horse, by the way.”
surprise and amusement flashed vivid across his face. “rhian, little girl-queen…tzhung's emperor has missed you.”
she touched his silk-clad arm with her fingertips. “and ethrea's queen has missed you, han.”
then they both turned at the sound of her soldiers, approaching. their private moment was over…
it was time to go to war.
so in conclusion, rhian has a baby girl called hanyi, zandakar is warlord in mijak with dexterity and everyone is happy <3 bc i said so
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Genocide, Slavery, and Colonisation
Moderate: Misogyny and Xenophobia
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death
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