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A review by r1vana
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
“Titles are inherited, talent might be blood-bound, but true greatness lies within.”
One of the most anticipated series of 2022/2023. The cover itself?!
Tropes:
Friends to lovers
Love triangles
Betrayal
Hero complex
Like any kind of fantasy book, the beginning was confusing. Funnily, for me, it was not the beginning that was confusing rather towards the middle to the end.
Plot? Xingyin is the daughter of a moon goddess and is being imprisoned for “illegally” becoming an immortal without the permission and blessing of the Celestial Emperor.
One day, when she realizes that her mother may be in danger because of her existence, she runs away vowing that she will free her mother from this imprisonment:
"Once you had seen the full moon, the
crescent has lost its charm"
What she didn’t expected is legit land in the Celestial Kingdom. And to become a servant in a noble household and encounter with the crown prince. Her first encounter with him was unexpected. Her talk-backs has definitely intrigued him.
Later on, she will participate in a tournament to become the Crown Prince’s companion aka in this book fall in a forbidden love.
Xingyin is a little reckless. She does stuff that will make me facepalm; like when she went saw the light and went to reach for it knowing it may cause future repercussions.
But later on, she does grow as a character and becomes more resilient. Except when it comes to “love…”
Romance…. Well it seems to be a love triangle but since I don’t like love triangle, I may be contracting this: FL has really confusing feelings for both of them and kissing the other guy while having feelings for the other, vice versa. It is hard to explain but you will know when you read it. There is a phrase that the author seems to love to use “I’ll- fated love”. At this point, it was just excuses. It made the romance really bland and also insta love-ish.
Honestly the love triangle was just ruining the magical world and the climax itself, but unfortunately it did took a part of the story for a reason…
Liwei was an interesting character at first. But the more present he is the more he is shown as bland. He didn’t stood out to me. I did like their little banters here and there.
Wenzhi on the other hand was interesting at first. But he too became boring. He had this mysterious “aura”, charisma but it all become bland when he was getting close to Xingyin. Both of them was definitely insta-love.
"I understood now that before I could embrace my future, I had to release myself from the binds of the past."
The characters are all similar. Honestly I rather read Xingyin’s parents tragic love story then this:
My father slew the suns. My mother lights the moon.
Her journey; when it comes to progressing her magic, we get up to no crumbs. We don’t get to see her growth in martial arts, her archery’s hits nor sword strengths… I think that the two love interests just ruined or rather prolonged her character development/growth…
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Anyways… SPOILER ALERT!!!! 🚨 🚨🚨
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Minor: Bullying