This needs to be said first. A historical romance NOT set in England or during the Regency! And the main (and I should say all) characters are not white!I enjoyed this one. A bit slow at times. I found the romance a very nice, slow burn. Yue-ying and her sister Ming-yu were sold as children into sla...
Yue-ying is the personal servant to the most beautiful and accomplished song girl in the pleasure center, Mingyu. As such, she is not owned by the madam and can come and go as she pleases. Her birthmark (a read cresent on her left cheek) makes her noticeable in town, but her association with the Lot...
The Lotus Palace by Jeannie Lin Book 1 of The Pingkang Li Mysteries It is a time of celebration in the Pingkang Li, where imperial scholars and bureaucrats mingle with beautiful courtesans. At the center is the Lotus Palace, home of the most exquisite courtesans in China... Maidservant Yue-yin...
I think this is the most romantic of Jeannie Lin's books I've read so far. All the other ones seem to be so forbidden all the time, stolen moments of bliss against a situation of how the relationship would never be accepted by society. Sure, this has that too, but it takes some time to get there. Th...
I think this was the first of Jeannie Lin's books not to show up in the books section at my local Walmart – had I seen it, I'd certainly have bought it, because I've liked or loved everything of hers that I've read so far. Instead, I ended up checking it out through my library.This book is set in Ta...
I found this author through a review by Khan about it's sequel (which also made me want to watch The Curse of the Golden Flower). So me being me can't knowingly start a series in the middle, got a hold of the first book the Lotus Palace. It had a very slow start up until the halfway mark, it pick...
This was my first historical romance in Chinese culture. I'd read some fantasy based on old myths, but never anything set in "real life." The culture of the pleasure houses is very vibrant. If the woman is considered a great beauty, she can live a life of ease - hosting grand parties and holding dis...
Basically, it's the good old story of the plain girl who's not so plain and who gets the handsome guy. The mystery is weak and more a pretext to bring the characters together than a carefully plotted intrigue, the romance doesn't need 378 pages and becomes repetitive after a while, I couldn't susp...
The theme: Series catch-up. Well, I read this one because I need to read the sequel… close enough. What tickled me: Scarlet Pimpernel hero! What ticked me off: There were a few missing scenes I really wanted to see. Who might like it: Anyone who loves romance novels. The trappings may be different, ...
It was okay, the biggest thing this book has going for it is the rich cultural setting of Ancient China and the new way the author wrote the story. While I love a good court intrigued, and there are precious good little of those, setting this story in the prostitution district was inventive as it to...
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