I was thrilled to find this book. It's historical fantasy (a favorite subgenre), it's based on Chinese history (awesome) and it focuses on friendships between women (even better). The book deals with the lives of eight diverse women from a variety of stations in imperial society, united by the secre...
The Embers of Heaven is a historical fantasy, set in an alternate China (called Syai) in the twentieth century and dealing with the triumph of Communism and the Cultural Revolution. The book follows Amais, whose family left Syai hundreds of years ago for what appears to be Greece, but who returns to...
It's the next year with everyone back at the Wandless Academy. A girl, LaTasha, runs screaming from the Library. To Thea she looked like she had no skin on her face just the muscles. Thea finds the spam email LaTasha read still on the computer screen; guaranteeing clearer skin than you can image....
This book started really well, then half way through the story changes and I just couldn't get into it anymore.It was really hard work to finish it, and I'm not sure that I will be reading the second one.
In the author's own words, "I consider myself primarily a fantasy writer and Jin-shei a historical fantasy, but the publisher believes the book has enough mainstream appeal to ‘cross over.'" So this book has been marketed to readers of mainstream Asian-themed fiction. However, from my perspective, t...
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