There are two main storylines in She Who Became the Sun, both following a genderqueer characters. She Who Became the Sun is a gorgeous epic, a sprawling and breathtaking adventure spanning several years (so expect some jumps) I found this book utterly addictive and wholly captivating. I received an e arc of She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan courtesy of Netgalley and Tor UK in exchange for an honest review. In order to survive the girl takes on her brother’s identity and joins a monastery as a novice monk.Īfter the monastery is destroyed for supporting the rebellion against Mongol rule, Zhu takes a chance at seizing another thing altogether: Her brother’s foretold greatness. The girl, nothingness… But when a bandit attack orphans the children it is the boy, Zhu Chongba, who succumbs to despair and dies. In a famine stricken village two siblings are given two very different fates. To possess the Mandate of Heaven, the female monk Zhu will do anything.
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