The Brides of High Hill
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The Cleric Chih accompanies a beautiful young bride to her wedding to the aging ruler of a crumbling estate situated at the crossroads of dead empires. The bride's party is welcomed with elaborate courtesies and extravagant banquets, but between the frightened servants and the cryptic warnings of the lord's mad son, they quickly realize that something is haunting the shadowed halls.
As Chih and the bride-to-be explore empty rooms and desolate courtyards, they are drawn into the mystery of what became of Lord Guo's previous wives and the dark history of Doi Cao itself. But as the wedding night draws to its close, Chih will learn at their peril that not all monsters are to be found in the shadows; some monsters hide in plain sight.
The Singing Hills Cycle has been shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award, the Locus Award, and the Ignyte Award, and has won the Crawford Award and the Hugo Award.
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5 primary books#5 in The Singing Hills Cycle
The Singing Hills Cycle is a 5-book series with 5 released primary works first released in 2020 with contributions by Nghi Vo.
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Reading this was like being back with an old friend, both for the comfort and also for seeing how time has changed them. This is Vo's darkest installment of the Singing Hills series yet and I dug it. I heard this was a [ ] retelling, which was a spoiler but the novella still absolutely managed to be a surprise. I think between the last book and this one Vo is shifting away from it being about the story and integrating Cleric Chih much more into the plot (and thus having more plot) which I thoroughly enjoyed in this installment. But I do hope we return to the Cleric collecting stories in the next one. One of favorites of the series yet for sure.
