After a group of bandits save Guet Imm, a young nun of the Pure Moon Order, from harassment, she joins them and tags along on their exploits. If you enjoyed this post, I would appreciate it if you help it spread by emailing it to a friend or sharing it on Twitter or any other social media platform.ĭon’t miss out on any of my posts by signing up to my blog. With this whimsical fantasy novella, Hugo Awardwinner Cho ( The True Queen) delivers a wuxia -tinged tale of banditry and brotherhood. My rating for The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in water is 3.5 out of 5. Guet Imm is a great catalyst for this charming story. The addition of a nun to the group cause problems but also solves issues. The plot follows a group of bandits on a journey to sell on an item. (I think the way it which they purified themselves is very fitting is anyone forces them to break there vow.) Aspects of the book’s character surprised me, especially regarding gender and staying to one’s vow. The Order of the Pure Moon reflected in Water packs in a lot within its 176 pages. This line is one of the reasons I picked this book up. “A bandit walks into a coffeehouse, and it all goes downhill from there.” Guet Imm, a young votary of the Order of the Pure Moon, joins up with an eclectic group of thieves (whether they like it or not) in order to protect a sacred object, and finds herself in a far more complicated situation than she could have ever imagined.Ī line in the synopsis reminds me of an opening of a joke. Zen Cho returns with a found family wuxia fantasy that combines the vibrancy of old school martial arts movies with characters drawn from the margins of history.Ī bandit walks into a coffeehouse, and it all goes downhill from there. Today on my blog I am reviewing Zen Cho short story The Order of the Pure Moon reflected in water.

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