…most strong-willed people never understand that will alone isn’t enough to guarantee their survival. So I had an absolute blast imagining this book in my mind as if they are on screen I hope that one day it will be adapted to screen! Set in China and somewhat structured to author’s love of East Asian historical dramas were added bonus because well, I had my own addiction of those dramas way back when. The first time I heard of it was through a recommendation by Aussie author, Sam Hawke, but truthfully, the only reason I was really interested in this book is the girl-as-boy trope because it’s my absolute favourite. Published 27 July 2021| Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia | RRP: AUD$32.99īuy it at: Dymocks | Booktopia | A&R | Abbey’s | QBD This is a glorious tale of love, loss, betrayal and triumph by a powerful new voice. Can Zhu escape what’s written in the stars, as rebellion sweeps the land? Or can she claim her brother’s greatness – and rise as high as she can dream? So she takes her dead brother’s identity and begins her journey. But the girl resolves to overcome her destiny. And when a bandit raid wipes out their home, the two children must somehow survive. In 1345, China lies restless under harsh Mongol rule.

For a family’s eighth-born son, there’s greatness. In a famine-stricken village on a dusty plain, a seer shows two children their fates. She Who Became the Sun reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynasty’s founding emperor. She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor #1) by Shelley Parker-Chan

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