Into the Riverlands

This story is going to haunt me, and I mean that as a high compliment. I love the way it plays with who gets remembered and how, the way we put our stories into boxes (the Ugly Women tales), and how much of someone you can ever really know.

The character interactions really sing in this novella; both the established ones and the way both groups interact with Chih and each other as they get temporarily embroiled in each others lives on a journey that winds up a lot tenser and more exciting than anyone bargained for. The girls were a lot of fun, but I wound up really falling for Lao Bingyi and Khanh (partially because I love seeing older characters). Highly recommended, and I am really looking forward to the rest of the series!