Yin and yáng, good and evil, great and terrible, kings and tyrants and heroes and villains. The tropes in the classics of old are but a matter of perspective. Really, they are two sides of the same coin. He who lives to tell the tale decides which side to pick.

This was fun! It did drag in the beginning and middle since there was so much info but it picked up in the end and I’m looking forward to the next one.

Lan lifted her gaze to the man who had killed her mother and destroyed her kingdom. "Look at me," she hissed in their language, "so even when we pass into the next world, you'll not forget my face."

This was such a badass moment! Of course, it was kinda ruined because this asshole never dies, but still, throwing herself off a cliff to kill the Winter Magician by dragging him with her, very badass.