She ends up becoming an attendant to Lady Meiling in the Golden Lotus Mansion and time passes. Ping’er tries to help Xingyin escape but they are following and attacked by soldiers so Xingyin decides to drop down into the Celestial Palace area in order to give Ping’er a chance to escape. She goes on to say leaving Houyi behind was the hardest thing she had to do but she can’t leave the Celestial Palace learn of Xingyin’s existence. However, they learnt that she and the child wouldn’t survive the birth and when Chang’e went into early labour she took the elixir to save her life and the life of her child. Her mother explains that she loved Xingyin’s father, Houyi who earned the elixir of immortality by slaying the sunbirds but didn’t take it because Chang’e was pregnant. During this meeting, Xingyin learns that her mother was imprisoned on the Moon before she was born and because of her actions she now has to leave her home. One day, Xingyin does just that and the Celestial Empress arrives at their home. All three live on the Moon and have done for all of Xingyin’s life but she has had to live by strict rules especially regarding the information she can know and to not interact with the glowing lights in her mind.

We are introduced to Xingyin who is the daughter of the Moon Goddess, Chang’e and their attendant and friend, Ping’er. The opening to Daughter of the Moon Goddess was interesting and definitely set a fast pace for the book as I flew through the first 50 pages.

Title: Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom Duology Book 1) by Sue Lynn Tan

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