The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, 2)
Rin's story continues in this acclaimed sequel to The Poppy War--an epic fantasy combining the history of twentieth-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters.
The war is over.
The war has just begun.
Three times throughout its history, Nikan has fought for its survival in the bloody Poppy Wars. Though the third battle has just ended, shaman and warrior Rin cannot forget the atrocity she committed to save her people. Now she is on the run from her guilt, the opium addiction that holds her like a vice, and the murderous commands of the fiery Phoenix--the vengeful god who has blessed Rin with her fearsome power.
Though she does not want to live, she refuses to die until she avenges the traitorous Empress who betrayed Rin's homeland to its enemies. Her only hope is to join forces with the powerful Dragon Warlord, who plots to conquer Nikan, unseat the Empress, and create a new republic.
But neither the Empress nor the Dragon Warlord are what they seem. The more Rin witnesses, the more she fears her love for Nikan will force her to use the Phoenix's deadly power once more.
Because there is nothing Rin won't sacrifice to save her country . . . and exact her vengeance.
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Community Reviews
It was really interesting to see the parallels between the Hesperians and Europeans and the colonial mindset as we know it, and I thought the author approached this in a really interesting way.
I was also really fascinated by Rin leaning into her rage a lot more in this book, she has so much to be angry about and it only makes sense that she would sort of stew in her own rage as the series goes on.
I also find I understand all of her decisions when I consider how desperate she is for approval from authority figures, because it seems like she changes her mind left right and centre but if you look closer everything she does is for the approval of some kind of authority figure and I am interested to see how this will pan out in the next book.
The characters are not written in a way to cause me to form an emotional attachment to - and I am allllll about character driven stories....but...BUT...the plot - wow! It was just flipping masterful, so well done. What a ride!!
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