Descendant of the Crane: He Joan

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It was extremely smart and I would like to read more fantasy mystery books if there is such a thing! Fantasy books following the inner-workings of the royal court and with society's ruling members as their central characters are my favourite to read about.

It may not be the book for you if you prefer more action, romance, and break-neck pacing from the get-go to your stories. If it’s any small comfort, Hesina’s journey in DESCENDANT would have always ended the way that it did regardless of if I’d sold in a one book, two book, or three book deal. More blood will spill if she doesn’t rein in the trial soon―her people’s, her family’s, and even her own. Descendant of the Crane was a story about human people in an inhuman world—it was a story about a kingdom which carried the wounds of centuries past, its hurts unhealed and cutting deep, its bitterness and hate festering together like rot.

It also felt as if these characters were held at an arm’s length because of the prose itself—which others have seemed to enjoy, but didn’t flow well and felt unnatural to me. However, it is much more focused on political maneuvering and a young woman's bildungsroman as she discovers that not everything is black and white, and sometimes you are forced to choose between the lesser of two evils. There’s court trials for the murder and the politics is mixed in, as the traitor may lie somewhere in the court . In fact, most of the book is about Hesina adjusting to her new responsibilities and having to juggle a variety of seemingly impossible choices against potentially unreliable advisors. DESCENDANT OF THE CRANE might be the book for you if you like political intrigue, twists, complex family dynamics, a roller-coaster type plot with a slow-build to the summit, and questions of morality in your fantasy.

She reacts to situations exactly how I’d imagine I would if i were a 17 year old princess who lost the parent I was the closest to and inherited a kingdom built on hatred. Just because a soothsayer told you he'd be the key to finding your father's killer doesn't mean he might not have motives of his own. But doing so would then make me uncomfortable, and after sitting down with myself to examine why, I realized it goes against what I believe is the magic of reading—and of art in general.If you want to understand a person, peer at his heart through the window of his prejudices and assumptions”. Plenty of twists and lots of back stabbing betrayals ensue and it isn't long before Hessina wonders- who can I trust?

Girl spends like three days doing paperwork, is like, f this shit, and hares off to save the sooths and stop a war, bungles it because she has no clue how logistics, alliances, communication and leadership actually work, and then blames herself for not changing centuries of oppression and ingrained racism and hatred after being on the job for three weeks. Coronada como Reina (lo cual ya es raro porque esto es un setting completamente chino), Hesina decide acudir a una persona que usa magia prohibida en el reino para entender si la muerte de su padre fue natural.

It seems I haven't read the same book as everyone else, but I'm still glad some people are enjoying this.

Despite knowing that it is high treason, she seeks out a sooth to help set her on her path, who tells her the path she should take to find her father's murderer. Her story and character arc were always meant to be 80% wrapped up in one book; any future books would have been closer to companion novels.From this very first line of the actual book I knew I was going to be immersed in all the political scheming, court intrigue, and high-stakes action that I had been so highly anticipating.