The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle #5) by Nghi Vo

The Empress of Salt and Fortune (Singing Hills Cycle #1)
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (Singing Hills Cycle #2) 
Into the Riverlands (Singing Hills Cycle #3)
Mammoths at the Gate (Singing Hills Cycle #4) 

The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo is the latest installment in the delightful Singing Hills Cycle series of novellas. 

Chih, our traveling cleric, accompanies a young bridge to her wedding to a ruler of a crumbling empire. Chih is without her bird, Almost Brilliant, and is quite alone. She and the bride-to-be find themselves roaming the estate at night, creeped out by what they find. And soon the question of who the monsters really are becomes real.

I think...I don't understand the plot of this book? I found it super confusing. I have not rated anything in this series less than 4/5 stars, but I did not care for this book. I think I would recommend people skip it if they were reading the series. You won't miss anything!

3/5 stars

Lines of note:

It seemed to them like a poor guarantee for a young woman's happiness, but then, what in life gave guarantees? (timestamp 11:05)

...now they could see that the Phan's shadows on the wall sometimes broke from their casters to laugh and to dance before falling back in strict tendence to their duties. (timestamp 2:00:37)

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