Elsa Sjunneson

The Burning God, R.F. Kuang (HarperVoyager 978-0-0626-6265-1, $26.99, 640pp, hc) November 2020.

As any writer will tell you, endings are difficult. Sticking the landing of an acclaimed trilogy that has garnered multiple nominations in its field? Yeah, that’s even more difficult, and R.F. Kuang does it beautifully in The Burning God.

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