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Jade War by Fonda Lee
4.5
dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is such a marked improvement over Jade City it's almost unreal- I kinda don't have much to say it was THAT good! Really liked the plot here more, loved the characters as per. Wen, Shae and Anden my beloveds 🫶. I will say that ending? CRAZY!!!!!! I feel like Fonda Lee was dragged down by all the set up required for the world/characters/plot in Jade City, whereas there's little to no set up required here and it for sure pays off- I suppose it's worth it for Jade City to be the way it is for Jade War in order to be this good. Also can't believe Kehn died and BERO DIDN'T I HATE THAT FUCK SO MUCH PLEASE FONDA LEE KILL HIM JUST KILL HIM I HATE HIM SO MUCH PLEASEEEEEEEEEEE-