She Who Became the Sun
Our rating
Spice: mild. Darkness: very dark.
A peasant girl takes her dead brother's name and his destiny during a famine, and decides she'll become the first Ming emperor. Her rival is a eunuch general with a revenge plan of his own. Queer, ambitious and ruthless about what wanting something costs.
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Is She Who Became the Sun spicy?
A little. There are one or two intimate scenes in She Who Became the Sun, but they aren't very explicit. We rate it 2 out of 5.
How dark is She Who Became the Sun?
We rate She Who Became the Sun 4 out of 5 for darkness (very dark). The big content warnings are war, graphic violence, torture, death of a loved one. The full list is further down the page.
Do you need to read The Radiant Emperor in order?
She Who Became the Sun is book 1 of The Radiant Emperor, so it's the place to start. The series has 1 book on our list so far and is complete.
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Content warnings
Show 5 content warnings for She Who Became the Sun
- War
- Graphic violence
- Torture
- Death of a loved one
- Harm to children
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Details
- Series
- The Radiant Emperor, book 1
- Series status
- Complete
- Pages
- 416
- First published
- 2021
- Genre
- Dark Fantasy
