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Expected publication date: October 17th, 2023
Read: August 9th-11th, 2023
Rating: 3.5/5 stars
A Bright Heart exactly captures the feeling of watching a kind of cheesy Chinese drama in book form. That's honestly pretty impressive in its own right. That being said, there are some caveats that come with that. The characters are archetypes without a ton of depth, the relationship and character development that does happen is usually pretty sudden, and there's more than one instance of some clunky exposition-by-dialogue. Also the writing is sometimes very pretty, and other times a bit awkward.
But, like, if you want that C-drama experience, this will give you that. It's about a young woman who is given a second chance at her life after the prince she helped become king betrays her. The second time around, she knows who a lot more of her enemies are, and she falls for a different prince. She also gets to look cool and smart in a lot of different scenarios (she is the main character, after all) ranging from outsmarting the princes at an archery competition to showing off her intellect at the king's birthday party.
Also, there is set-up for a sequel, but I personally didn't feel like it was a big cliffhanger of an ending. I feel very content not reading the sequel, so i think this can be read as a standalone.
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