A review by brianna_4pawsandabook
The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

5.0

I need some time to process this, but damn was this good. I think that the pacing was way better in this than in the poppy war which was my biggest critique about the first book. The stakes were so high and Rin is the epitome of a morally grey character and turns the trope of the chosen one on its head by making her almost an anti hero. This is quickly becoming a favorite series and the fact that Rebecca’s debut was the Poppy War makes it even more of a masterpiece.

CW: rape, themes of war, gaslighting, talk of suicide, genital mutilation, drug use and substance abuse, loss of a loved one, death. This book gets dark.