Because of a Halloween deal, I started listening to audiobooks again! When I saw that She Who Became the Sun was available I knew that one should be the first audiobook to pick up since it's the bimonthly book pick for Ro's (wandering through worlds) Patreon buddy read of September and October. I'm very glad I ended up listening to it because I really enjoyed it.

In She Who Became the Sun, Zhu steals her dead brother's identity and with it the pursue of his destiny of greatness. She refuses her destiny of nothingness. Set in Mongol-occupied imperial China, it has more historical fiction vibes than fantasy, to me. But since I love some history I really did not mind. I also loved the queerness of the book.

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I really enjoyed Zhu's time at the monastery and the bond she forms with her 'brother'.