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> Tag: Daughter of the Moon Goddess

“We should appreciate the flower, regardless of its roots.”

Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom Duology, #1) by Sue Lynn Tan

February 1, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

I need to write this review now or I will never come back to it (see below). But I will keep it short! I liked this book a lot, but not as much as I wanted to. The story was great, the world was imaginative , and I liked the characters (though the way the worldbuilding was introduced could have been much clearer; I was well into the book before I felt like I understood where the characters were and what their world looked like). […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, chinese mythology, Daughter of the Moon Goddess, Sue Lynn Tan, The Celestial Kingdom Duology

narfna's CBR15 Review No:15 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, chinese mythology, Daughter of the Moon Goddess, Sue Lynn Tan, The Celestial Kingdom Duology ·
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Illustration of Night Sky, asian female below a golden moon, surrounded by flowers & swirls

“Whichever story you believe, my mother, Chang’e, became immortal. As did I.”

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

October 19, 2021 by NTE 1 Comment

A child of the Moon Goddess, and an immortal herself,  Xingyin grows up on the moon, with just her mother & their family servant/long time companion. For the most part, the three of them are happy, if isolated. Xingyin senses a grief in her mother that she can’t quite explain, and within herself she feels a growing sense to reach out … for something more. She can’t label it, and her mother has warned her against reaching for it, but the pull towards that other […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Also look at this cover, beautiful cover art, cbr13bingo, chinese culture, Daughter of the Moon Goddess, debut author, debut novel, dragons, legends, moon goddess, mythic, myths, NetGalley, Sue Lynn Tan

NTE's CBR13 Review No:40 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Also look at this cover, beautiful cover art, cbr13bingo, chinese culture, Daughter of the Moon Goddess, debut author, debut novel, dragons, legends, moon goddess, mythic, myths, NetGalley, Sue Lynn Tan ·
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