11/20/2022
I meant to read this book sooner. In all honesty, I wanted to have had this book done before it came out on November 18th, but life didn't go as planned. I worked hard and try to read my library books before they had to go back. Also fighting colds and infections isn't something you want to read with. Anyway I started the book officially a few days ago. I've been so excited to read this book and it isn't starting at slow as the first book did. The book is in three parts again. I'm wondering if we are going to get a slow beginning again, an okay middle, and the final part being the one that makes you refuse to put the book down. If that is the case, I'm already drawn into the book. Especially when a man who isn't who he says he is shows up and Xingyin's home. I literally just started and I'm already asking questions. Who is this guy? What does he want? Why is he after the seeds of this one tree? What use does he have for it? What will happen next? So many questions and so much to still read. I'll try to post when I'm finished with part one. Unless the book has me hooked, then you'll just have to wait for the end.
12/24/22
To be honest, I don't know what to say about this book without ruining it. So much has happened so far. We start the book off with Xingyin living on the moon with her mother and attendant. Its peaceful, nothing much is going on. Xingyin is able to recover from her injuries in the last book. Life is just good. Until some visitors come. They all seem harmless but there is one that is a little different. Xingyin finds out a powerful secret on the moon and this secret pretty much snowballs out of control. The emperor gets offended because Xingyin's mother forgets about her duties during his birthday because she had received a letter about the mortal realm. Xingyin finds her mother and tells her to return home but while there she makes a discovery. A discovery that could mend her mother's mourning heart. But first Xingyin has to go through some things, such as helping someone steal an elixir from the emperor and being forced to run away from her home as it's being destroyed. There is also a part where she has to make a deal with the empress to save Liwei from imprisonment because he is associated with Xingyin and is being punished for that reason. But I can't tell you anymore. Not right now though. But I can tell you that this book has almost made me tear up twice so far. The first time it wasn't too bad but the second time, I felt the sting of tears building up. This girl's world is shattering beneath her and she doesn't know why. Why is her family the main target for all of this hatred? I'm hoping there will be answers soon because this girl has been through enough.
12/26/22
I'm going to straight out say that I loved this book. I gave it five stars. It had me tearing up at least three times and I'm pretty sure it is going to make me tear up on last time by the end of the book. I have less than a hundred pages left. This book was a trip and I have no idea what to say that won't ruin the book. The things Xingyin is put through in order to save the Celestial Realm is something that put her life in danger multiple times and also puts her in situations of things she doesn't want to do. She loses so much to the point I have no idea how this book is going to end. I'm hoping that it will end happily but with how things are going, I don't see that happening. But we won't know until I finish the book. But I highly recommend this book and the the whole duology. Go check it out. Highly recommend. I'm also pretty sure Sue Lynn Tan is one of my favorite writers of all time. I look forward to reading more of her books down the road. I went into this book with high expectations and it did not disappoint. Go read the duology. The first part in the first book is a bit slow but once you get past that, you will love this duology.
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