The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, Book 5)

"I love a story as much about observation as it is about storytelling. I love having my expectations thoroughly upended. And I loved The Brides of High Hill, the latest addition to The Singing Hills Cycle series. Once again we follow Cleric Chih, who is accompanying a young bride to her husband-to-be’s opulent estate. Something stinks, and it isn’t just the strange, monstrous talismans hidden around buildings, or the rot-taken library. Nobody is quite what they seem. Silence is a curse or complicity. Bad things happen to good and bad people. Author Nghi Vo is so good."