A review by readingintothevoid
Brilliance of the Moon by Lian Hearn

5.0

The best of The Tales of Otori yet. The depth of each character, even minor characters in the book, is enchanting. For some reason I thought the author was a man and I was so surprised because I had never read women protagonists so well written by men, but of course just discovered Lian Hearn is in fact a woman! This series has some of the most honest and powerful women characters I have read and I love every second of their inner monologues. I highly recommend listening to the audio books which switches back and forth between a male and female narrator adding even more to the narrative switching from Kaede or Shizuka to Takeo in the book.