My rating: 5 of 5 stars
11 out of 10 stars!!!!
Hands down the best book I've read in 2019. I was completely enraptured by Lim's story telling.
Maia is the innocent, genuine, motivated and hopeful FMC.
Edan is all the enigma, power and hopelessness we crave in a MMC.
Spin the Dawn enters us into a new magic system embedded in a vague but familiar enough east Asian history that allows the author to make changes as she sees fit.
The mythology is Rich and well written, Maia and Edan's parts are written, broken, and rewritten to a point where they are, likely , a part of the mythology themselves in many ways. I know that may not make sense now, but it will after you read it.
Of note, the number 3 is often considered lucky in many Asian cultures, especially if something is grouped in 3s. That concept comes into play a lot in Spin the Dawn.
Maia"s story has 3 parts (in book 1)
She has 3 brothers
she has 3 tasks initially to determinrme her abilities
She has 3 more errands to test her metal
She has 3 wishes that would truly settle her soul and see it happy.
The cycle is broken when Maia or someone else interferes, but the initial number is always 3.
I'll stop ranting. My point was. There are a lot of tasks, and they themselves aren't particularly noteworthy, but it's the journey of each task that makes this book so memorable.
I strongly recommend Spin the Dawn who loves new magic/mythology, consuming romance, and great character building.
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