Reviews

The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang

fastandfurriest's review

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

I really wanted to love this more! However it just felt with the three separate stories going on that things were a little rushed in all three stories. I am looking forward to the sequel to hopefully flesh things out and tie up some lose ends. 

lentilsoup's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

The concept and execution of this story was phenomenal!! 

orlandoreads's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

arcadiabaes's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual assault

vnavarrete's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

florescita's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

madscanread's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Three men who find each other throughout multiple lifetimes just to repeat the same mistakes in their love, lust, and violence over and over and over again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Violence, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Drug use

miaowsen's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

chaosbumblebee's review

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

Unfortunately, I deeply disliked this book. It was presented to me as a fun and sexy romance, and it barely delivered on either of those fronts. The writing was also subpar. Half a star added because the acknowledgements at the end were very sweet.

meigothic's review

4.0

Disclaimer: I received a review copy for free via Netgalley, and am voluntarily leaving my honest thoughts. Many thanks to Harlequin Romance/Mira Books for the opportunity!

My immediate thought when reading this was Cloud Atlas meets specific Chinese history (Emperor Ai of Han) and mythology with lots of gay sex, and that stayed true for a majority of my read.