The Brides of High Hill

Published by Tor.

(2 reviews)

The Cleric Chih accompanies a beautiful young bride to her wedding to an aging lord at a crumbling estate situated at the crossroads of dead empires. But they’re forgetting things they ought to remember, and the lord’s mad young son wanders the grounds at night like a hanged ghost.

The Singing Hills Cycle has been shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award, the Locus Award, the Ignyte Award, and has won the Hugo Award and the Crawford Award.

"A remarkable accomplishment of storytelling."―NPR on The Empress of Salt and Fortune

"Nghi Vo is one of the most original writers we have today."―Taylor Jenkins Reid on Siren Queen

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enne📚 reviewed The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo

3 stars

This Singing Hills cycle novella leans much more into gothic horror. Some of the story framework almost felt like a Bluebeard setup, but it went in fresh directions. Plot-wise, this book feels much more about action than about recording stories; arguably, I think this is a book that deals (metaphorically) about the power of deceptive stories, but I still miss the more literal storytelling themes from previous books.

screamsbeneath reviewed The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo

Satisfying entry

4 stars

Not my favorite of the stories, but still better than good. Slower burn, mysterious. I think some plot points/characters could have used a bit more fleshing out. If you’ve enjoyed the rest of Singing Hills, this has the familiar yet different feel to it and is worth your time.