Kaikeyi

 I finished reading Kaikeyi last night.

Yes, by the time I got it back to the library, it was overdue.

But I got distracted by making an entire dress there in the middle of reading it.

It was a fantastic book. Honestly. 

I think it took me so long to read it because I was enjoying it so much, and I didn't want it to end.

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I *am* really glad that I read a basic version of the Ramyana myth before reading Kaikeyi. The two stories really do work very well together, and this book serves as a complete backstory to explain how the things that came to be in the Ramayana came to pass. The female characters are finally fully developed. 

I liked Kaikeyi much better than the Ramayana, but I needed to understand the basic story in order to truly appreciate this book.