{"id":1089,"date":"2026-05-18T19:28:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T23:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/?p=1089"},"modified":"2026-05-18T19:28:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T23:28:06","slug":"review-she-who-became-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/?p=1089","title":{"rendered":"Review: She Who Became the Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Four Stars<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sun.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sun-663x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sun-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sun-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sun-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sun-994x1536.jpg 994w, https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sun-1325x2048.jpg 1325w, https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sun.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A sapphic story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A girl finds out that her fate is nothing. When her brother dies, she takes his name, mannerisms, and fate. Using this, she advances in a monastery life, and later in an army of rebels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book took me two months to read. Not because it was bad, but because I didn&#8217;t really have time. When I got to page 300, I knew I could finish it in a couple of nights, which I did. I think it&#8217;s mostly influenced by Eastern history and myth. Is it believable? More or less. The author didn&#8217;t have to introduce magic, but she did. There is a sequel. But I would rather have a palate cleanser with some straight up Urban Fantasy or history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe Halderman is next. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Stars A sapphic story. A girl finds out that her fate is nothing. When her brother dies, she takes his name, mannerisms, and fate. Using this, she advances in a monastery life, and later in an army of rebels. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/?p=1089\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1089"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1091,"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1089\/revisions\/1091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}