1.53k reviews for:

The Emperor and the Endless Palace

Justinian Huang

3.53 AVERAGE

jhatrick's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

swampopposum's review

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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We need more books like this. Best to go into it blind, I didn't know what to expect. 

lizzerly's review

4.0

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kbhenrickson's review

3.0

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

9muss9's review

3.0

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This book was not what I was expecting, not in a bad way but I did believe this would be a romance, which is clearly not. The ending left me disappointed, I wanted a conclusion for all timelines because they feel very unfinished. Overall, I had fun, and I liked the twists and turns, the characters were beautifully written, and I especially liked reading about Calvin and River’s blossoming friendship/relationship. I feel like this book would benefit from a few more chapters.

femmegemini's review

3.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

cherj's review

3.5

emotional funny mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

cynthias_books's review

3.0

emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

concertconfetti's review

5.0

emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Just, mysterious, and fast paced like a first love that breaks your heart. Lovely and bittersweet. God I cannot stop thinking about this book and to say anything more would spoil the entire thing. Just give these gay boys a chance.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Stalking

These guys are pretty obsessed with each other and it often leads to their deaths.

_huertaariel's review

3.75

mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated