Nghi Vo's THE BRIDES OF HIGH HILL is volume #5 of the Singing Hills series, which continues to be good. The Cleric Chih finds themself riding with a prospective bride Nhung and her social-climbing parents, intent on negotiating her marriage to the wealthy Lord Guo. At Lord Guo's capital, there are guards everywhere, the kitchen servants are frightened and reticent, and the Lord's son is mad and kept restrained… but he can provide a cryptic warning to Chih. What's the secret of the estate? This was a fun Gothic story, featuring a sinister estate, cruel and fabulously wealthy lord, and mysterious secrets that Chih and Nhung have to investigate.
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