jenny_bean_reads 's review for:

The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang

4.75

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Wow. This is a beautiful tale of love, longing, betrayal, desire, and desperation. The way the storylines intertwined and resolved(ish) was stunning. I was trying hard to not cry while finishing the book at work. There were a few incarnations that I couldn't quite match up in my head from 4 BC > 1740 > Present Day, but it did not diminish my enjoyment of this story. The writing might as well been in calligraphy, that's how beautiful it is. I am blown away.