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Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1)

Sue Lynn Tan,

Kuri Huang (Illustrator)

Start date: March 16, 2023

Finish date: April 16, 2023

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Jun 18, 2022 Barbara ★ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: historical, mythology, young-adult, read-2022, recommended, fairy-tales-retelling, zz-cover-blue, paranormal-psychic, paranormal-magic, x-set-in-asia-china

What a fabulously spectacular cover! I picked up this book strictly on the cover. I'm super glad that I did as it is a wonderful story that captured my attention from the first page and honestly held it until the last. I can't wait for the conclusion of this duology in

Heart of the Sun Warrior (The Celestial Kingdom Duology, #2) by Sue Lynn Tan

to be published in November 2022. ...more

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Aug 30, 2023 Beth rated it liked it

Shelves: cloudy, 50-poc, fantasy, young-adult

August Pick for Seattle's Cloudy With a Chance of Clitlit

This book tried to tell me everything all the time, which got tedious, especially when I found myself not liking the protagonist very much. She judged girls first by whether or not they were rivals for her boyfriends, which I find annoying, and then did stuff like refuse to help the rivals when they were in trouble. And she had no concept of a prince having a responsibility to his kingdom, even after being educated alongside him for a seas ...more

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Jan 09, 2022 Amanda rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, arcs

“Some scars are carved into our bones — a part of who we are, shaping what we become.”

A retelling of the Chinese fable of the Moon Goddess, Daughter of the Moon Goddess follows Xingyin in her quest to release her mother Chang’e from her imprisonment on the moon. After fleeing her lunar home before being discovered by her mother’s captors, Xingyin must overcome loneliness and degradation to find a way to secure her mother’s freedom. An opportunity presents itself when she finds herself in a compe ...more

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May 15, 2022 Tasha rated it liked it

Shelves: stars-3, fantasy, 2022-reads

3.5 stars
I liked it, but eh...? not really my kinda book.
It was too fast-paced to have as much character development as I prefer.
Really felt like a fairy tale/myth, where things just happen, and people conveniently know exactly how to solve that problem you're having, down to the minute detail.
If the second book was available right now, I would almost definitely pick it up, but with it not coming out until November...who knows if I'll still be interested by then.

I really wish I had liked this mo ...more

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