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The Tiger's Daughter was one of my favorite reads of 2017. The second in the series did not measure up. The long, repetitive, inner monologues, confessions, scrolls, letters and historic texts were a drag. Barsalaya Shefali and O Shizuka were marvelous characters as children and young women in the first book. Not only was the world-building of Qorin and Hokkaran society captivating, the book had it all: Action! Adventure! Terror! Swordplay! Love! By the time we get to Phoenix Empress, neither woman is very likeable in her guilt, self-blame, and despair. The magic and discovery of their relationship is lost in the long, woeful, bleak exchanges and internal monologues. I'll get the next one, because I want to see the two of them get back to their powerful, authoritative, brave selves. Maybe there is a way to excerpt Volume Two? If you find yourself in the midst of the book, let there be skimming and speed reading. You won't miss much.


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The Phoenix Empress Ascendant K Arsenault Rivera Books Reviews

This book suffers from the author having only 1-2 books worth of material, but is trying to stretch it over three books. Nothing happens for the first half of this book. Nothing. I hope book three hurries up and gets to the point.
Sweeping epic grandeur and impassioned (gay) love, it's all I want in a book. I devoured it in a day and now I'm languishing, a million possible things to read but all I want is more of this.
A worthy sequel to The Tiger's Daughter, Rivera continues her wonderfully subversive Silk-Road fantasy series in a not-Asia that is skillfully and intricately constructed, even down to small details like the honorifics added to each character's name in dialogue. The protagonists are icons of feminism, multiculturalism, LGBTQ representation . . . And they're great! I absolutely love everything about this series!
Total hidden gems of a fantasy series! I pre ordered because the tigers daughter was so good and i needed more of this world but i finished this one so fast and now waiting for the third book will be painful.

Fantasy is my favorite genre when its good and this is GOOD. The usual ahistorical-fantasy-europe setting gets dull after a while so this is fresh and exciting and the dep world building is super immersive
I loved "The Tiger's Daughter" thoroughly. I love the unconventional structure of storytelling, the way the world comes to you in informative, beautiful prose. I loved the way the searing love between the protagonists damn near warmed your skin, it was so palpable. I find little fault, if any, with Rivera's writing, especially how well she constructs her words. Everything this woman puts to paper is just purely beautiful. "The Tiger's Daughter" was—for me—an uncommon anomaly in speculative fiction. For someone to hold that level of beauty across an entire novel, and seemingly never falter.

Now, she's done it with two books.

"The Phoenix Empress" is heart-wrenching, and at times, difficult story to experience. If like me, you're more invested in these characters than usual (and honestly, I am), then this story will really tug at your heart strings. Beneath every fantastical story is truth, somewhere. Whether that truth be about the author themselves, their thoughts, or how they see the world, there is truth. The truth in this book is the weight of guilt, of shame and regret. The devastating weight of loss and trauma, and how far it reaches within us. The truth in this book is that pain is worth enduring, because even if you don't have a god by yours side fighting with you, there are things within us worth saving.

There is more demon-slaying, including two incredible scenes that were so tense I read them several times over. There is war, great and terrible war. There is death, equally terrible and painful. There is beauty and love though, described in a way that I've seen few authors muster. Rivera could describe the same scene in a thousand different ways, and you'd reach one to know how the characters felt a little better each time.

The dynamics of this book are something of note, as well. They can shift violently, from the extremes of ecstasy to the absolute depths of betrayal, loss, and sadness—and yet she does so with seemingly impossibly smooth transitions. These dynamics in storytelling are musical, as is both her prose and her world. There is a certain cadence she has, one that is entirely her own, that makes this story flow like a dramatic opera or—at least in my head—the unyielding rhythm and structure of an Opeth song.

Just a beautiful, inspiring piece of work. This is the kind of work that reinvents a way of telling stories.
Absolutely spell-binding. With the Tigers Daughter i said it's the kind of book you finish and don't know what to read next, as nothing can really compare. It's no different with the Phoenix Empress. Equally as eloquent and well thought out as the first book, but this one cuts deeper. I had honestly wondered how the author would be able to continue the series in the same vein as the Tigers Daughter, since that was largely told in the form of a love letter read in the first person perspective. The Phoenix Empress by comparison, delves into a story told by Shizuka to Shefali detailing their 8 years of separation and while the story told doesn't take up a significant percentage of this book, it's enough to lend it the same style and careful world building found in Tigers Daughter.

Eagerly awaiting Book 3 only 48 hours after this book released (no pressure!)
The Tiger's Daughter was one of my favorite reads of 2017. The second in the series did not measure up. The long, repetitive, inner monologues, confessions, scrolls, letters and historic texts were a drag. Barsalaya Shefali and O Shizuka were marvelous characters as children and young women in the first book. Not only was the world-building of Qorin and Hokkaran society captivating, the book had it all Action! Adventure! Terror! Swordplay! Love! By the time we get to Phoenix Empress, neither woman is very likeable in her guilt, self-blame, and despair. The magic and discovery of their relationship is lost in the long, woeful, bleak exchanges and internal monologues. I'll get the next one, because I want to see the two of them get back to their powerful, authoritative, brave selves. Maybe there is a way to excerpt Volume Two? If you find yourself in the midst of the book, let there be skimming and speed reading. You won't miss much.