Forest of a Thousand Lanterns
by:
Julie C. Dao (author)
An East Asian fantasy reimagining of The Evil Queen legend about one peasant girl's quest to become Empress--and the darkness she must unleash to achieve her destiny.Eighteen-year-old Xifeng is beautiful. The stars say she is destined for greatness, that she is meant to be Empress of Feng Lu. But...
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An East Asian fantasy reimagining of The Evil Queen legend about one peasant girl's quest to become Empress--and the darkness she must unleash to achieve her destiny.Eighteen-year-old Xifeng is beautiful. The stars say she is destined for greatness, that she is meant to be Empress of Feng Lu. But only if she embraces the darkness within her. Growing up as a peasant in a fo
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ISBN:
9781524738297 (1524738298)
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Series: Forest (#1)
I love an anti-heroine. I love characters who know what they want and steamroll over everyone else to get it. Xifeng’s manipulation of other characters, from her lover Wei to almost the entire royal family was a pleasure to read. She was smart and driven, and I liked that. So I don’t have a pro...
I received an electronic ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest reviewIt was really promising as a retelling, and with the point of view of the character who's always "the bad one" portrayed as the main one here, explaining her backstory as you could say, I expected a lot more. In the end I did...
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