A review by leah_s
Descendant of the Crane by Joan He

3.0

I was kind of confused the entire time while reading this, but that might have been because I was reading too fast and not doing any critical thinking. The plot was really interesting but so much happened that I couldn’t remember why certain things were happening. I like a lot of the story,especially in the beginning, so I would have rated this four stars but certain aspects made me mad.
I simultaneously liked and disliked Hesina. She was terrible at making plans or figuring things out and low key blind to everything going on around her, so that was infuriating. Overall I did like her character though, specifically her compassion, steadfastness, and how she struggled with all the terrible things happening.
The real thing that made me rate this three stars was the ending. It pissed me off. Hesina just leaves the kingdom as a fugitive and Caiyan is both the bad guy and good guy because he was protecting her even though he was the one that made her the fugitive. And now he’s going to rule and Hesina is going to eventually take back the kingdom. LIKE WHAT? I like clear cut happy endings so other people might be okay with the ending but I was just annoyed and this is low key a rant to get my feelings out.