A review by deejah
The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

“Wholeness, she had learned, was not the absence of pain but the ability to hold it.”

i literally could not put this down. incredible character arcs and dynamics and emotionally devastating storytelling. i usually don’t cry when reading but this one gutted me. will be thinking about it for a long time

“A decade later, a fifteen-year-old Hiroshi would become known as the youngest swordsman ever to master the Whispering Blade. What the world would never know, was that he was the second youngest.”