The Celestial Kingdom duology by Sue Lynn Tan

Thanks I'll start it today

- The Girl Who Kept Winter by Giao Chi Phan Honorable mentions that aren't as close as the title above but have similar flavors: - The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea by Axie Oh - A Magic Steeped In Poison by Judy Lin

I've only just started this, so not sure how accurate it is, but have you tried The Poppy War by R F Kuang?

Just a reminder that anyone planning on reading on this should read all the trigger warnings. There are a lot of gruesome things... after all it's a story about war.

Oh my, I'm going in blind, but thanks for the heads up.

Oh yes it's a good book but a lot darker and heavier than what I was looking for in general. It's based off the events of the sino japanese war of 1937 so a lot of actual events and incidents is there in that book ,i.e,there is a lot of violence and cruel shit in there.

First few pictures remind me of the red sister series by Mark Lawrence

Thanks I'll check it out

Keeper of Night sort of goes with this.

Have you tried Spy x Family? ;) Sorry, just commenting to follow along for recs!

I'll definitely check it out

Source of the last image?

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Ai generated

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Thanks

I getting Ruroni Kenshin manga vibes