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A review by tinylove
The Shadow of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee
3.75
I enjoyed this book more than the first book! It was a fun time!
Loved loved loved Hei Ran and Atuat - there was definitely yuri potential there! Hei Ran remains one of my favorite characters in this duology. Her found family moments with Kyoshi felt much more organic than whatever was going on in the first book with the Flying Opera Company - speaking of which, where are they? I wish we got to see more of them. But at least Kyoshi and Rangi had a lot of great moments!
Yun and Father Glowworm were a great touch! It was really interesting to read about them! As it was to read about everything going on in the Fire Nation with the political plots and ploys being as intriguing as in the past book. I would argue that if anything, this time around it was even more fun to read about, because Fire Nation culture and politics were compared and contrasted to the Earth Kingdom equivalents. That was a very satisfying delve into the original show's worldbuilding! I really enjoyed that. Once again, I did not enjoy the very simple answers given to very complicated questions (Corruption and ploys in the Fire Nation that bring the country to the brink of civil war! What are we gonna do?? Ooooh the Avatar will save the day as always dw <3) that this series seems to suffer from. Alas, we cannot have it all it seems.
I loved Kyoshi's character development in this book! Letting go of her bitterness and the ways the world has failed her, when she truly has every reason to live the rest of her days bitter and salty over everything. Choosing love and duty and hope instead of ragequitting! "She had the obligation to be more than the sum of her grievances with the world" THAT PART. i CRIED.
That was a fun and easy little duology with canon lesbians, milf icons and somewhat more complicated political subplots than the original Avatar series! Not a bad way to pass the time at all, even though the plots are kinda clumsy and busy. I recommend them for gayass Avatar fans.
Loved loved loved Hei Ran and Atuat - there was definitely yuri potential there! Hei Ran remains one of my favorite characters in this duology. Her found family moments with Kyoshi felt much more organic than whatever was going on in the first book with the Flying Opera Company - speaking of which, where are they? I wish we got to see more of them. But at least Kyoshi and Rangi had a lot of great moments!
Yun and Father Glowworm were a great touch! It was really interesting to read about them! As it was to read about everything going on in the Fire Nation with the political plots and ploys being as intriguing as in the past book. I would argue that if anything, this time around it was even more fun to read about, because Fire Nation culture and politics were compared and contrasted to the Earth Kingdom equivalents. That was a very satisfying delve into the original show's worldbuilding! I really enjoyed that. Once again, I did not enjoy the very simple answers given to very complicated questions (Corruption and ploys in the Fire Nation that bring the country to the brink of civil war! What are we gonna do?? Ooooh the Avatar will save the day as always dw <3) that this series seems to suffer from. Alas, we cannot have it all it seems.
I loved Kyoshi's character development in this book! Letting go of her bitterness and the ways the world has failed her, when she truly has every reason to live the rest of her days bitter and salty over everything. Choosing love and duty and hope instead of ragequitting! "She had the obligation to be more than the sum of her grievances with the world" THAT PART. i CRIED.
That was a fun and easy little duology with canon lesbians, milf icons and somewhat more complicated political subplots than the original Avatar series! Not a bad way to pass the time at all, even though the plots are kinda clumsy and busy. I recommend them for gayass Avatar fans.