Series
Six Crimson Cranes
Elizabeth Lim · 3 novels · 2021–2023
Elizabeth Lim's Six Crimson Cranes follows Shiori, princess of Kiata, whose forbidden magic slips out of control on the morning of her betrothal, prompting her stepmother Raikama to banish her and curse her six brothers into cranes. Bound so that a brother dies for every word she speaks, Shiori searches for them in secret while uncovering a plot against the throne, helped by her spurned betrothed, a capricious dragon, and a paper bird she brings to life. The Dragon's Promise and Her Radiant Curse continue her story.
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By decade
- 2020s3
Shape
3 novels
1 author
reads like:mythic fantasycursessecondary worldtimeless or unspecifiedadventurousyoung adult
Mood
Bright and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book3 of 3 works carry a tone
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- The Dragon's Promisedarkest · calmest
- Six Crimson Cranesbrightest · most intense