Emerald Spirit: An Isekai Romantasy

by Som Phin

Description

A Khmer-American queer fantasy romance about the secrets mothers and daughters keep -- and the tradition that holds them both. When Khmer-American dance student Sathea Bun attempts a traditional gesture she's been chasing for two years, she doesn't just find the movement -- she finds herself transported, tail and feathers and all, into Srok Moreakot, a spirit realm at war. She is apparently the long-unknown daughter of its most respected peacock spirit elder, who is simultaneously delighted show more by her existence and already organizing suitor introductions with the efficiency of someone filing quarterly reports. The realm is breathtaking. The hierarchy is real. And it has absolutely no language for what Thea is. Navigating a world that has welcomed her but hasn't made room for her, Thea must master a dance tradition from the inside out, survive the political intrigues of a realm in crisis, and reckon with the growing suspicion that the secrets she's keeping are not entirely her own. Emerald Spirit is a slow-burn queer romance and multigenerational family story that asks the question at the heart of both: can you be loved by your family as what you actually are? For readers of Shelley Parker-Chan, R.F. Kuang, and Zen Cho. For anyone who has ever loved something that hadn't quite made room for them yet. show less