5/9/2023 0 Comments The sword of kaigen reviewThis time period placement is purely guessing on my part, but I’m making this educated estimate based on the role of women and blacksmiths throughout this read. Wang developed a unique literary world that manages to merge modern day innovations into a deeply traditional world that has more in common with pre-electrical age, perhaps late 1800s, than present day. It only took a chapter or two before I became hooked, with the first passing mention of magic being so subtle and elegantly woven into a playful scene that I had to reread the paragraph to make sure my first understanding was correct. My friend, Amanda, author of A Wizard’s Forge, messaged me that I absolutely had to add The Sword of Kaigen to my reading list because, “it’s the best book I’ve read in several years.” With that high praise, I immediately started looking into Wang’s novel that had just been announced as the the winner of the 5th Self Publishing Fantasy Blog Off (SPFBO5) where 300 self published books had been whittled down to one winner over an 11 month period.
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