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Or, Lotus and Guo Jing’s Lake Vacation. Spoilers ahead! Satisfied with their matchmaking, Lotus and Guo Jing continue their travels, ending up at Lake Tai. (See the end for some interesting notes on Lake Tai.) They take a boat out to enjoy the waters and beautiful scenery. Lotus is moved to sing and her voice… Read more

In chapter three we see Guo Jing and Lotus advance their skills quite a bit due to the introduction of the Northern Beggar Count Seven Hong. Spoilers coming! So, this is the beginning of the chapter that I felt would have been much better served as the end of the previous chapter. Guo Jing and… Read more

Woof. This was a really long chapter. To save my sanity, I’m going to break it up and this summary will cover sub-chapters 1-3. There’s a ton of action in this chapter as every one shows up to the party! (spoilers! sssh!) Gallant Ouyang arrives, finding Guo Jing, Lotus, and Cyclone Mei, who he does… Read more

As many people have noted, the Legends of the Condor Heroes was originally serialized and not intended to be read in long form, so we have that particular structure to thank for the odd breaks between the books. Thankfully, A Bond Undone picks up right where A Hero Born left us hanging… (spoilers ahead) Book… Read more

The (not so) thrilling conclusion! Well after a bit of a snoozer of chapter eight, the final chapter of the first book really delivers on the action. Lives are in peril! Secrets are divulged! Identities are revealed! The most spoiler-y of spoilers ahead! Guo Jing and Lotus have infiltrated the Prince’s palace to find the… Read more

As I said in my post yesterday, it finally dawned on me that Guo Jing really reminds me of the star of another wuxia novel, Wei Shi Lindon from the Cradle series. If you haven’t read these books, I highly recommend them! They are fast-moving, action-packed stories with wonderful characters and world-building. Guo Jing and… Read more