by Alma Alexander
I think this might be the very best book that I've ever had to preface a review of with - I can't recommend this book unreservedly. It has some great aspects to it, but also some deeply disappointing writing choices that sap a lot of the tension out of the story.Starting with the good - the characte...
Alexander has a way of ripping my heart out with her writing. I can't read her often because I get so invested in her characters and they experience such hardship. Unlike a romance that I know will have a HEA these characters usually don't have a HEA. Some of them live, some of them die and they ...
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...
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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