Into the Riverlands

The third novella in the Singing Hills series. I loved it as much as the second. With each installment, I get a little more info that I missed in the first. In this case, I finally figured out that the talking bird that was in the first book but absent in the second book because she was waiting for a clutch to hatch, is actually a special creature that has an indelible memory. The bird, a neixin named Almost Brilliant, accompanies the cleric Chih to help remember the stories they hear. This book didn't have a single story being told within the story. Rather there were several stories, one of Chih experiences first hand. This book is the last book nominated for a 2023 Lambda Literary Award for Speculative Fiction. The winner is going to be announced the weekend after this review is published.

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