When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle Book 2) (edition 2020)

by Nghi Vo (Author)

Series: The Singing Hills Cycle (2)

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Fantasy. Fiction. Literature. LGBTQIA+ (Fiction.) The cleric Chih finds themself and their companions at the mercy of a band of fierce tigers who ache with hunger. To stay alive until the mammoths can save them, Chih must unwind the intricate, layered story of the tiger and her scholar lover-a woman of courage, intelligence, and beauty-and discover how truth can survive becoming history. Nghi Vo returns to the empire of Ahn and the Singing Hills Cycle in When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain, a mesmerizing, lush stand-alone follow-up to The Empress of Salt and Fortune.… (more)

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Title:	When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle Book 2)
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Levitara | Apr 5, 2024 |

Vo's descriptive prose and story weaving is amazing. I was slowly entangled in each of the stories until it was too late and I couldn't stop. It's short and sweet, and the stakes don't feel so high until they are. Loved it. (

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ravenzer | Mar 6, 2024 |

Lovely, lovely, lovely. Stories that change in the telling, stories that come together and drift apart. Tigers in love. Foxes and ghosts. Chih being themself. Nghi Vo, I really cannot wait for your next book.

And this was really a perfect read for lying on the sofa with a sore throat :-) (

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Alexandra_book_life | Dec 15, 2023 |

A traveling historian is captured by creatures who can shape-shift between women and tigers. The historian and the tigers compare their versions of several stories of tiger history.

Like the previous book in the series, the deceptively simple writing tells some very complex stories. The writing is beautiful and captivating.

I listened to the audiobook, which was unfortunately a bit confusing because the narrator didn't always make it clear whether it was a human or a tiger speaking, and I got confused a few times. (

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Gwendydd | May 21, 2023 |

A sequel in that this story is another that the Cleric Chih must unravel -- so more a second story in a shared universe, as it does not follow most characters from the previous book. (Could easily be read as a stand-alone.)

Listen, though. SHAPE SHIFTING TIGERS. Also, more war mammoths. Poetry, queer love, and the power of stores -- and how they shift and what is lost when they are told and retold, shaped by new tellers.

The third novella comes out soon and I am impatient! (

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greeniezona | May 7, 2023 |

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"From a reader’s perspective, this is an intriguing fantasy setting filled with enchanted creatures; from the characters’ perspective this is a hellscape populated by ravenous monsters. Well, from the human characters’ perspective, at any rate. From the tigers’ point of view, this world is a delightful smorgasbord, some of which is surprisingly chatty. Dinner and entertainment, what could be better?

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Nghi Vo	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Chen, Ruoxi	Editor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Foltzer, Christine	Cover designer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Winans, Alyssa	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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The tavern was little more than a waxed canvas tent, tilted towards the south by the wind that rushed headlong down the mountain.

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Fantasy. Fiction. Literature. LGBTQIA+ (Fiction.) The cleric Chih finds themself and their companions at the mercy of a band of fierce tigers who ache with hunger. To stay alive until the mammoths can save them, Chih must unwind the intricate, layered story of the tiger and her scholar lover-a woman of courage, intelligence, and beauty-and discover how truth can survive becoming history. Nghi Vo returns to the empire of Ahn and the Singing Hills Cycle in When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain, a mesmerizing, lush stand-alone follow-up to The Empress of Salt and Fortune.

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The cleric Chih finds themself and their companions at the mercy of a band of fierce tigers who ache with hunger. To stay alive until the mammoths can save them, Chih must unwind the intricate, layered story of the tiger and her scholar lover—a woman of courage, intelligence, and beauty—and discover how truth can survive becoming history.

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