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Empress of All Seasons
Empress of All Seasons
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Tien
Mar 12, 2019 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: young-adult, japan, fantasy
I really truly wish to love this book but... Even while loving the lush ancient Japanese world, it was just so. very. slow. going. If you have no patience or you feel like reading something fast-paced, I'd recommend you to read something else first. This is a book where you'd read to enjoy the world - but only if you love this type of world which I do hence I was able to keep going and finish the book.

The last 50 pages were pretty exciting but felt very very very rushed. I think quite a bit of a ...more
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