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ClareR (6106 KP) rated She Who Became The Sun in Books

Jun 13, 2023

She Who Became the Sun is a book that I could really immerse myself in. It took its time over laying the foundations of what will continue to be, I’m sure, an epic story. This is a re-imagining of the life and rise of Zhu Yuanzhang - the peasant rebel who expelled the Mongols, unified China and became the founding Emperor of the Ming dynasty. So, no small story then!

Shelley Parker-Chan has added a twist to the story, though. The Zhu Yuanzhang in this story is actually female. Born a girl, she steals her brothers identity when he dies so that she can survive - girls were not important enough to survive otherwise. She decides to live her brothers life, and as a fortune teller has foretold, she will rise to great heights in his name. And this process starts by Zhu being taken in and educated by the monks at a monastery.

This isn’t fantasy as much as it is historical fiction. Ok, there is a little bit of magic, but I took that as being an explanation of a leaders charisma. The writing IS beautiful, particularly the descriptions of the relationship between Zhu and the eunuch General Ouyang, and the queer story of Zhu and her wife.

We’re left on a bit of a cliffhanger, I’ll warn you, but we won’t have long to wait for the sequel!

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Sam Hale (5 KP) rated Diablo III : Rise Of The Necromancer in Video Games

Mar 14, 2019

Multiplayer (2 more)

Story driven

Character development

Perfect for multiplayer fun

Contains spoilers, click to show

This is a great game to get for hours of fun. This is an RPG adventure game set in the imaginary world of sanctuary. You choose a class to develop your character. Alongside many in NPC characters, you battle your way to the Demons of hell to reach the ultimate evil Diablo. This is a perfect game to play multiplayer. I first got into Diablo from watching my dad play. Now my brothers and I play once a week together (we all live in different states). This is a great game to spend time with loved ones.

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starwarsluvr (236 KP) rated The Healing: Book One of the Enigmas in Books

Jan 30, 2018

Holy yummy start to a new series. 4 supernaturals, 4 brothers, 4 amazing things that I completely love. Plus... rockers.. Omg this author has hit on all my yummies and my loves. This was hott and amazing and the ending was so very amazing. It was so much fun and I love all of this and it was so wonderfully out there and the writing was so much fun to read. So very much made me feel as if I was a part of it all. I felt like I was there with the characters, I saw everything they were going through and doing . I loved it

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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2510 KP) rated World's Greatest Sleuth! in Books

Mar 9, 2018

Cowboys Old Red and Big Red are summoned to the World's Fair in Chicago to compete in a competition to discover who is the best detective in the world now that Sherlock Holmes has vanished. But the stakes are raised when someone involved in the competition turns up dead the second morning. Can Old Red figure out why the murder took place? I always enjoy spending time around these brothers in the 1890's, and this book was no exception. The story is strong as are the characters. Another fun read.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/06/book-review-worlds-greatest-sleuth-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.

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Kimmic (814 KP) rated Melt (Steele Brothers Saga #4) in Books

Mar 4, 2020

Jonah's point of view is better than his brother (1 more)

Great story line

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This one is written from a different brothers perspective and he is much more likeable I think. I am so gripped with the storyline that I hope that it doesn't fall flat! I am putting up with all these crap sex scenes just to find out what happens in the end!
All these books seem to cut off at the end too, I understand that you need to leave a slight cliff hanger to encourage the reader to continue the series but this is more like a TV episode than a full book