A review by hali
Tales of the Celestial Kingdom by Sue Lynn Tan

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.0

“That aura, golden bright and summer warm, was one I knew all too well. Liwei.”

tldr; the majority of stories felt unneeded. i still love this world and our main characters, so i can’t say i hated reading this. i just wanted something different.

Dusk:
- kinda boring. read these three stories then put the book down for a week, if that tells you anything.
- like, im sorry, we already knew all this. i didn’t need to see their perspectives.

Twilight:
- i really am not into how she writes from Liwei’s and Wenzhi’s perspectives.
- Shuxaio’s story was the best from this section (i also liked Liwei’s second, A Rival’s Spirit). Let me get an enemies-to-lovers novella with her.

Dawn:
- Home, the true epilogue to the series, was a great read. made me really miss Xingyin’s perspective.
- i still don’t like this relationship. just because you say they love each other doesn’t mean i feel that passion myself. am i still a teeny, tiny bit bitter? well, yes!

"Your parents' union need not be yours. Any immortal would leap at the chance to wed you." The old hurt throbbed still, like the shadow of a wound that had not quite healed. Liwei was a part of me, he always would be—and I was grateful for it, for him... for us.

"Any immortal, except for one.”