A review by bamboobones_rory
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

adventurous dark sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Flagging to come back and write a long review someday. 

GNC angst, gender bending, political intrigue, homoerotic tension among warriors, political violence, betrayal. The world is deep and beautiful- historical fantasy- and the emotions well up and spill out of the pages. The kind of book that gave me brainworms, that I could not get the characters and emotions out of my heads for weeks on end.