I've said this before, but I'm not a huge fantasy reader. However, I will read whatever Sue Lynn Tan writes, especially if it's set in the same world as Daughter of the Moon Goddess/Heart of the Sun Warrior. She has this beautiful gift of building a world with great details and lush prose while also laying out an incredible plot line that rarely sags and always has surprises within it. Her female MCs are always complex, albeit a smidge naive, and her male MCs are always very intriguing. My only complaint is that the romance between Liyen and Zhangwei felt like a copy/paste of the relationships in Tan's previous duology. It doesn't make it any less enjoyable to read, I just hope that future novels maybe stray from the formula (or don't involve a romance). 

I urge you to read Tan's books if you haven't already. In a genre that is absolutely flooded with books, many of which are mediocre, I really think Sue Lynn Tan stands out and I don't understand why she isn't a household name yet!

Many thanks to NetGalley, Avon and Harper Voyage, and Sue Lynn Tan for the advanced copy.