I love learning more about Cleric Chih, and I feel like we get to spend a little more time in their head with each successive novella. In this one, Chih arrives home to the Singing Hills Abbey after four years away, only to find mammoths at the gates and to discover their presence is related to the recent death of Chih’s mentor. So, in addition to grieving, Chih now has to worry about whether mammoths are going to storm the abbey gates. There are other […]

I’ve been reading The Singing Hills Cycle novellas in publication order, even though they can be read in any order, and this third book is my favorite so far. It almost feels like a comfort read, even though there are moments when Chih and their companions are in danger. In this one, Chih and their neixin Almost Brilliant come across a martial artist and her companion and soon after meet a couple who are more than they seem. They travel in this group through part of […]