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Mouthful of Dust | Nghi Vo

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Hunger makes monsters in this dark new tale in Nghi Vo's Hugo Award-winning Singing Hills Cycle. "Nghi Vo is so good."?NPR on The Brides of High Hill Wandering Cleric Chih of Singing Hills and their hoopoe companion Almost Brilliant come to the river town of Baolin chasing stories of a legendary famine. Amid tales of dishes served to royalty and desserts made of dust, they discover the secrets of what happens when hunger stalks the land and what the powerful will do to hide their crimes. Trapped in the mansion of a sinister magistrate, Chih and Almost Brilliant must learn what happened in Baolin when the famine came to call, and they must do so quickly... because the things in the shadows are only growing hungrier. The Singing Hills Cycle has been shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award, the Locus Award, and the Ignyte Award, and has won the Crawford Award and the Hugo Award. The novellas are standalone stories linked by the Cleric Chih, and may be read in any order. The Empress of Salt and FortuneWhen the Tiger Came Down the MountainInto the RiverlandsMammoths at the GatesThe Brides of High HillA Mouthful of Dust

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shanaqui

Mouthful of Dust | Nghi Vo

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And finished! Note: I received this via Netgalley, with the expectation that I would review it.

Aaaand I've gobbled it up so quickly (sort of makes sense for a book about famine). It made me realise I don't remember the first couple of books in the series super well, and that makes me tempted to reread. This one's a harsh one, a sad and hungry one. It does well at that.

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shanaqui

Mouthful of Dust | Nghi Vo

Yessss. I might even start reading it today, once I'm done with The Baby Dragon Cafe. Nghi Vo's an auto-read for me, especially the Singing Hills books.

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