A review by its_literature
The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang

mysterious medium-paced

2.5

i fear that 2.5 is actually quite generous but there are three aspects that contributed: (1) the prose is so, so clunky and the dialogue is inconsistent (some v unnatural turns of phrase), (2) plot is v superficial and all over the place—in trying to be clever is just becomes confusing, (3) truly feel like the smuttiness of it is just not for me as an audience—there’s v little emotional core to the sex, and that can be fine but then it just doesn’t land w any sort of real impact—maybe that’s just my own preference for smut tho