Tag: Asian fantasy
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Book Review: A Forgery of Fate
by Elizabeth Lim publisher’s synopsis A breathtaking romantic fantasy inspired by Beauty and the Beast about a girl who paints the future and a cursed dragon lord, bound by love and deception in a plot to bring down the gods. Truyan Saigas didn’t choose to become a con artist, but after her father is lost…
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Book Review: The Floating World
by Axie Oh publisher’s synopsis Sunho lives in the Under World, a land of perpetual darkness. An ex-soldier, he can remember little of his life from before two years ago, when he woke up alone with only his name and his sword. Now he does odd-jobs to scrape by, until he comes across the score…
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Book Review: Saints and Monsters
by Ellen McGinty publisher’s synopsis With her crooked spine and reckless heart, Princess Meera always knew she wasn’t meant to become queen of Ezo. But when her sister, the rightful heir, is cursed on the eve of her coronation, Meera must defend her kingdom from ruthless invaders by taking the throne. Yet, while some countries…
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Book Review: The Dragon’s Promise
by Elizabeth Lim publisher’s synopsis Princess Shiori made a deathbed promise to return the dragon’s pearl to its rightful owner, but keeping that promise is more dangerous than she ever imagined. She must journey to the kingdom of dragons, navigate political intrigue among humans and dragons alike, fend off thieves who covet the pearl for…
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Book Review: Six Crimson Cranes
by Elizabeth Lim publisher’s synopsis Shiori, the only princess of Kiata, has a secret. Forbidden magic runs through her veins. Normally she conceals it well, but on the morning of her betrothal ceremony, Shiori loses control. At first, her mistake seems like a stroke of luck, forestalling the wedding she never wanted, but it also…
