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The Dragon Republic: The award-winning epic fantasy trilogy that combines the history of China with a gripping world of gods and monsters: Book 2 (The Poppy War)

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I’m not sure if I love or hate that Kuang can take glorious concepts such as ethereal worlds and gods and a revolution, and drag them down to earth so viciously that they turn into tangible, worldly, manageable affairs of everyday life. It’s rather frustratingly admirable, I admit. This was not a world of men. It was a world of gods, a time of great powers. It was the era of divinity walking in man, of wind and water and fire. And in warfare, she who held the power asymmetry was the inevitable victor.”

Rin writes to Moag and tells her that Vaisra plans on double crossing her. Hopefully this will get Rin into Moag’s good books if things go sour here. Aratsha’s death: She was disappointed because he was “an immensely useful chess piece and now she couldn’t use him anymore.” How are we supposed to care about the already under-developed support cast if Rin doesn’t?! Despite having drastically different upbringings and experiences, as it turns out, maybe Rin and Nezha weren’t so different after all. Together until the very end After saving her nation of Nikan from foreign invaders and battling the evil Empress Su Daji in a brutal civil war, Fang Runin was betrayed by allies and left for dead.

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Nam, Michael (2018-05-10). " 'The Poppy War' book review: A magical, brutal coming-of-age tale in a medieval Asian fantasy world". New York Daily News . Retrieved 2018-05-12.

When I first received my e-ARC of The Burning God, I decided that I was going to have to take a day off to finish it. (I hope my boss doesn’t see this. 😬) How could I not? The Poppy War was one of the first ever ARCs I received as a brand new blogger in 2018, and I will always be grateful to Kuang and her team for that! My glowing review of the first book in this trilogy got me lots of views and had my stats booming, reinforcing my previously tentative decision to keep and maintain a book blog. My first point is, in and of itself, purely observational and didn’t directly affect my rating. In my opinion, this series is not Fantasy. Fantasy, by definition, is that which comes from ones imagination, whereas this series is based, with some truth, on actual historical events. A more accurate genre designation would be ‘Historical Fiction’ with mythological elements. In fact, in 1000 years, if every other account of modern Chinese history were lost and this was the only text remaining, this would likely become Mythology. The names of people and places would all be wrong and the mystical shamanic powers would be a stretch but the general shape of events, however sparse, would be there. Finally, spoke the Phoenix. The god's voice was dimmed by the Seal, but Rin could hear clearly every ring of its laughter. My darling little Speerly. At last we agree. The Empire’s fleet starts making its way south. Or, well, it already started and it’s now getting much closer. Nezha heads to Shayang with his ships.

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Rodney Barnes Sets Scary Podcast Series ‘Run, Fool!’ With Ballen Studios, Eyes TV & Film Adaptations No one had ever been able to deny Mingzha anything. Who could? He was so fat and happy, a bouncing ball of giggles and delight, the absolute treasure of the palace. Father adored him. Jinzha and Muzha played with him whenever he wanted, and they never told him to get lost the way Jinzha had done so often to Nezha. The fleet head further north and take out a few towns. The citizens vote to join the Republic. Jinzha strips Rin of her rank and splits up the Cike. The deeper, more nuanced answer to that question is this: the only true villains in this series are the whites. Enthralling from start to finish ... I thought myself prepared. I was now. R.F. Kuang's debut is a masterful must-read, and I've no doubt the best is yet to come'

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