A review by mmccombs
The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

5.0

As with every review I give to books in this series, I scream “GO READ THIS SERIES!” I was enjoying this novella in the first half (it was kinda gothic and I was intrigued), but wasn’t sure it was going to land among my favorites, and then the ending came and it immediately shot up to one of my favorites (though all of them are so good, the list remains quite tight). This got weird and fantastical in all the right ways, I love watching Cleric Chih exist in so many different contexts throughout this series (storyteller, story-listener, traveler, grieving friend, beguiled mentor), they remain a great vehicle for parables and adventures. I just absolutely adore these and hope they never stop, Vo has my heart and my wallet!
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