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I actually wrote a review for Silver Phoenix: Beyond the Kingdom of Xia by Cindy Pon a while ago, but I lost it when my computer crashed, and so this book is actually one of my scores from the half off sale at my local independent book store. I'd been waiting for this book to come out ever since I discovered the 2009 debutantes. Secondary world fantasy based on the mythology of Classical China instead of Medieval Europe? What's not to look forward to?
Bad luck seems to cling to Ai Ling, a too tall girl, dishonored and betrothed, and when her father disappears on a journey to the capital, and a man from the town tries to force her into marriage to pay off a manufactured debt, she flees her village to find her father and save her family. On her way to the Palace of Fragrant Dreams, she must figure out the sinister forces pulling her ever closer to the capital, and the others seeking to ensure she will never get there.
( Before I met you, I would not have thought steering a chariot with my mind possible. Now I think, what do I know? )
I really really hope Pon writes a sequel about Chen Yong's own journey, and Ai Ling better be in it!
Bad luck seems to cling to Ai Ling, a too tall girl, dishonored and betrothed, and when her father disappears on a journey to the capital, and a man from the town tries to force her into marriage to pay off a manufactured debt, she flees her village to find her father and save her family. On her way to the Palace of Fragrant Dreams, she must figure out the sinister forces pulling her ever closer to the capital, and the others seeking to ensure she will never get there.
( Before I met you, I would not have thought steering a chariot with my mind possible. Now I think, what do I know? )
I really really hope Pon writes a sequel about Chen Yong's own journey, and Ai Ling better be in it!
