IBR - The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Members Starting the BR:Amanda, Jackie, Kirsten, MN Lisa
Challenge: Book Quest Adventures
Book: The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang


Anyone is free to join in this Buddy Read! Happy Reading!

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

I'm probably gonna start this on Monday....

[Amanda]

Monday should work for me!

[Jackie]

I'll probably start tomorrow.

[Amanda]

I have not started yet. It will be this week but don’t have an exact time yet! I might be able to do tomorrow

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

I haven't started either. Probably tomorrow for me. I gotta finish Magic for TR.

[Kirsten]

Probably tomorrow or Wednesday for me.

[Jackie]

After reading reviews for this one, I think I’m going to skip. I don’t feel up for it right now. Think I’ve had my quota of lgbt for a while. 😖

[Kirsten]

Fair. I skipped Remarkably Bright Creatures for the opposite reason.

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

omg. only on chapter 2, but the descriptions are awesome. lol.

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

I think peaches 🍑 will be an important symbol.

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

ok. dowager likes.to watch. creepy

[Amanda]

I started while I was cooking and am 36% in. Jackie is probably glad to have missed it as lots of sex right up front lol

I do think the lore keeps it from being too much of erotica though. I like the split timelines

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

the split timelines are hard for me. I see the pattern in them, but I prefer one at a time instead of separate.

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

I see a theme. the person, the fox spirit and someone who is a "soul mate" is how I'm seeing them.

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

I could be totally wrong though

[Amanda]

MN Lisa wrote: "the split timelines are hard for me. I see the pattern in them, but I prefer one at a time instead of separate."

Yeah I think maybe if it was more broken into “parts” like flux it would be just a tad easier to follow. The switches can be abrupt at times

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

Yeah. I like it though...for the most part. I see the three people changing through the timelines.

[Amanda]

I had who was who in the current timeline completely off lol. There’s been a couple big reveals back to back as it seems like the old timelines are ending off! (view spoiler)[ the original doctor being a bad guy was not on my bingo card!! (hide spoiler)]

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

Amanda...(view spoiler)[Dr Qi Yewang from the 1740 Timeline? (hide spoiler)]

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

Characters:
(view spoiler)[
Dong Xian - He Shican - River
Emperor - ?? - Calvin
Grandmother? - Dr Qi - Winston
Jujun - Jiluang - Joey
(hide spoiler)]
??

[Amanda]

MN Lisa wrote: "Amanda...[spoilers removed]"

lol I’m listening to audio and am so bad at remembering the non English names but I’m going to go with yes (view spoiler)[ the one who made a deal to keep him under his control (hide spoiler)]

[Amanda]

MN Lisa wrote: "Characters:


I’m at 80% so my list is different.

(view spoiler)[ River is emperor and Jiluang. Joey is Dong Xian but I’m also not convinced he isn’t Dr. Qi and actually bad. (hide spoiler)]

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

I'm just starting chapter 19
Characters:
(view spoiler)[
Fairly Certain:
Jujun - Dr Qi - Winston
Emperor - Jiluang - River
Dong Xian - He Shican - Joey
(hide spoiler)]
??

My Guess Through End.

I sped read the last of it. :)

[Amanda]

I agree with these guesses to the best I can recall names lol

[Amanda]

I finished and I admit I ended up completely losing the plot at the end. I enjoyed it but think I would’ve done much better not on audio.

Also by the end I did not want to hear about anyone’s large “influence”. What a weird euphemism.

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

For sure.

I did not like the ending at all.

[Kirsten]

Okay, I just started, and it definitely begins with a bang.

speaking of euphemisms--passion's plum?

[Kirsten]

Also, I just read your spoilers and all they did was confuse me. I think I'm going to be glad I'm reading with my eyes.

[Amanda]

Lol I somehow forgot about that one until I just saw it in a review.

[Kirsten]

Huh. This is definitely something. I like the present. I don’t like Dong Xian. I get that he’s either Joey or River, but I don’t like that storyline/time period.

I do like the innkeeper.

[Kirsten]

MN Lisa wrote: "I'm just starting chapter 19
Characters:

Fairly Certain:
Jujun - Dr Qi - Winston
Emperor - Jiluang - River
Dong Xian - He Shican - Joey

Yes! Just finished and this seems right. But what was the point of making this a big mystery?
??

My Guess Through End.

I sped read the last of it. :)"

[Kirsten]

Okay, like Amanda, I should be done suggesting books. I probably won't be, but... this was not good.

I don't like all the weird books I suggest! Just Sorcerer and Flux!

[Benedicte, Bookmark First, Ask Later]

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