(Shanghai Immortal #1)
by A.Y. Chao
June 1, 2023
Goodreads Summary:
Half vampire.
Half fox-spirit.
All trouble.
Pawned by her mother to the King of Hell as a child, Lady Jing is half-vampire, half-hulijing fox-spirit and all sasshole. As the King’s ward, she has spent the past ninety years running errands, dodging the taunts of the spiteful hulijing courtiers, and trying to control her explosive temper – with varying levels of success.
So when Jing overhears the courtiers plotting to steal a priceless dragon pearl from the King, she seizes her chance to expose them, once and for all.
With the help of a gentle mortal tasked with setting up the Central Bank of Hell, Jing embarks on a wild chase for intel, first through Hell and then mortal Shanghai. But when her hijinks put the mortal in danger, she must decide which is more important: avenging her loss of face, or letting go of her half-empty approach to life for a chance to experience tenderness – and maybe even love.
This richly told adult fantasy debut teens with Chinese deities and demons cavorting in jazz age Shanghai
Review
I desperately wanted to enjoy Shanghai Immortal but alas this book and I were not meant to be.
The downfall of the story lay solely with its characters. None of them were likable. Lady Jing was so immature- I couldn’t find one positive quality about her. Then there was her love interest, Mr. Lee. When he first appeared on page, I thought surely, he could not be it. But he was and his scaredy-cat behaviour completely put me off.
Out of the 50 or so pages of Shanghai Immortal that I read, I found one redeeming quality and that was the world-building. What a fun spin on familiar Chinese myths and legends. Yet it wasn't enough to make me want to keep reading... I am putting down Shanghai Immortal indefinitely.
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