by Julie C. Dao
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...