Hello hello, I notice that you said you've been reading She Who Became the Sun,,, care to share your thoughts? I'm reading it now at my roommates insistence and Im obsessed
I LIKED IT A LOT. It was recommended to me on account that I was asking for eunuchs in fiction book recs; I'm mainly into late Ming/early Qing dynasty, Chinese history wise, so this book ALIGNED with my interests to a wild degree. I am enamoured with the alt history retelling, the low fantasy, and the characters. Zhu Chongba is fully off her rocker and that's just fantastic. The radiance/Ming (明) dynasty named after the radiance and all the historical continuity tickled my brain so much, I really liked it.
Ouyang as an An Lushan-esque eunuch general is great; I expected to care more about his relationship with Esen, but sadly didn't?? (Rare August fujo L...) I liked Wang Baoxiang a lot and he is probably my second favourite character in the book. I immediately started reading He Who Drowned the World after finishing She Who Became the Sun, but I haven't finished that one yet!