The Shadow Pavilion
by:
Jon Foster (author)
Liz Williams (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781597801232 (1597801232)
Publish date: November 1st 2009
Publisher: Night Shade Books
Pages no: 376
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Paranormal,
Science Fiction,
Urban Fantasy,
Cultural,
Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
China,
Mythology,
Demons,
Gods
Series: Detective Inspector Chen (#4)
The fourth book in the Inspector Chen series, Shadow Pavilion feels like Williams has found her groove. Or perhaps, I have discovered the rhythm to reading her. At any rate, I devoured it in a day. Granted, it was a day that was -25 degrees with the wind chill, but Inspector Chen had the greatest pr...
Not particularly impressed. I like some parts about this series -- Chen, Inari, the badger. I just find that a lot of secondary characters are sort of bland. Chapters are very short, so POV ends up jumping from character to character every four pages, which is way too confusing. It just seems that s...