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Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo

5.0

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It’s a delight to meet back up with Chih and Almost Brilliant in Vo’s latest installment of Singing Hills Cycle. Vo’s ability to tell such a complete and lovely story in such a short format is amazing. You get heartfelt moments, kick butt action-adventure, and life lessons all in a tightly woven fable-esque package. Plus the 2LGBTQIA+ repetition is effortlessly interwoven into the world and tales. This is the third in The Singing Hills Cycle series and since all the novellas are linked by the cleric Chih, they may be read in any order, with each story serving as an entrypoint. But if you’d rather read them in order, pick up, the first, [b:The Empress of Salt and Fortune|51190882|The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)|Nghi Vo|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1565188992l/51190882._SX50_SY75_.jpg|71836130] and then, the second, [b:When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain|53265678|When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)|Nghi Vo|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1588169628l/53265678._SY75_.jpg|81017617] stories in this lovely series.

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