A review by sunshine169
The Divided Earth by Faith Erin Hicks

4.0

The series concludes with a battle of wits with a sprinkle of force… albeit a pretty horrible moment… but concludes in the most wonderful way.

We also got to meet Kaidu’s mother in this volume and she is pretty amazing. Here she is trying to convince another tribe on why they should join in the fight against the Dao.

Kata: “You are a Father. I am a Mother. Since we love our children, we should work toward a future where we do not have to send them to war so we can enjoy drinking tea.”

Can’t we all just get along and drink tea? Please?

Finally Rat gave me all the emotions in a very poetic moment before her and Kaidu went off on a possibly deadly mission. She told him to close his eyes and she held his head and said these words:

You came from the world beyond the city’s walls.
But you came here with an open heart.
You came to learn, you came to listen.
Although you were born a stranger to us, the city sees your heart.
We welcome you.