Wang’s talented writing definitely made this book one where I said “omg omg omg” to myself as I pressed the button on my e-reader to learn who would survive and not. The book includes several fight scenes where I felt so excited and positively worried about what fate would befall my favorite characters the violence never felt present for shock-value and Wang inserted her characters’ personalities even in the ways they fought. Sometimes the writing in fantasy and sci-fi books can feel clunky or cumbersome for me to read, though with this book, Wang had such a talent of describing world-building and action sequences in a way that kept me engaged. In terms of the writing, I just felt immersed in M.L. I most appreciated the quality of writing in The Sword of Kaigen as well as its well-developed characters. When an invasion looms closer to the Matsuda family’s home base, we see these characters strive to fight for those they love, even at high and painful costs. However, Mamoru learns that the empire he was always instructed to venerate may not value its citizens as much as he had been taught. We also experience the perspective of fourteen-year-old Mamoru, Misaki and Takeru’s oldest son, who has trained to defend his homeland for all his life. Unbeknownst to her new family, Misaki left behind her days as a skilled and fearsome fighter, though an impending threat may awaken some of her long-buried combat abilities. It follows Misaki, a housewife who married into the legendary Matsuda family for a more secure future and later gave birth to four sons with her cold, detached husband Takeru. The best fantasy book I have read in a long time, The Sword of Kaigen blew me away and I loved every second of it.
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