A review by avefrater
Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay

4.0

Really, really enjoyed it! I read about 80% in one go on a flight back from Europe and became thoroughly entranced with the world. Great characters, lovely world building, and the typical bittersweet GGK ending. There were a few moments where the written tenses threw me out of the story for a little bit, a few incomplete sentence fragments for ~impact, and I also feel as if the female characters could have been developed a little further past emotionless martial arts expert and beautiful concubines (though I did like all). These prevented it from being 5 stars, but otherwise I loved it!