Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2017. The wait until the next book in this series is going to be a painful one but I have no doubt it will be worth it. I completely agree with this review!
Wow!!!!!!! No damages! Refresh and try again. With a tale as well-known (and Disney-fied) as “Snow White”, I feared that the author would fall into the trap of heavy-handed references, but Dao has an admirably subtle hand. Ratings 4.4 stars on Amazon 3.84 stars on Goodreads Add Forest of a Thousand Lanterns at Goodreads Author Julie C. Dao. Praise for Forest of a Thousand Lanterns: A Junior Library Guild Selection A New York Public Library - Best Book for Teens 2017 "A richly developed fantasy world coupled with an ambitious anti-heroine of complex agency, this story shines and surprises at every turn.Julie C. Dao is a talent to watch. I wanted to love it, but unfortunately, it didn't deliver. The stars say she is destined for greatness, that she is meant… In a nutshell: east asian-inspired fantasy about the origin story/rise of an evil queen ala snow white. He refuses to stay by Xifeng's side like Generic YA Love Interest #2 while she pursues the emperor. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. This was SO good and I'm just really angry that it took me so long to read it (or listen to it actually). Thanks Hadeer!! To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. I really can't wait to see wot becomes of our beautiful xifeng. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. *rubs temples* I really wish I liked this because I was really looking forward to this, but, I'm sorry friends, I was not a fan (and at most, 'it was ok'). I myself waffled between a 3.5ish and a 4 star rating, and ended up going with 4 just because it was a debut and I really loved Xifeng’s selfish, ruthless character. I’m in the minority here but I’ve never been a big fan of fairy stories, so retellings aren’t usually a genre that interests me. RELATE. If you are wondering what happened in Forest of a Thousand Lanterns, the first book in this series, then you are in the right place!. October 2017 Fairyloot Box.
The Secret Princess: A Retelling of The Goose Girl (Return to the Four Kingdoms Boo... Healed by the Fire (Artemis Lupine Book 3), The Queen's Council Rebel Rose (Queen's Council (1)). Praise. Please try your request again later. Arrived earlier than expected :), The book arrived without any damages and came earlier than expected! Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. I adore an anti-heroine story, and Julie C. Dao achieves this with flying colors in a lush, richly developed fantasy world of myth, monarchy, and magic. THIS. Buy other books like Forest of a Thousand Lanterns. This was definitely slow to start, but I'm already absolutely dying to read the second book. Few YA protagonists are anti-heroes in the way that Xifeng is allowed to be here, and even fewer young women. Xifeng’s background of poverty and abuse, and the fact that she has been brought up since birth to believe that she is destined to become Empress of Feng Lu make her climb to power understandable. First of all, the pacing is off.
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2018. These items are shipped from and sold by different sellers. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. There is nothing really WOW-ing about this one. , the first book in the planned Kingdom of... To see what your friends thought of this book, Yes. It's more of a third-person narrative, coming from Xifeng's view. Praise for Forest of a Thousand Lanterns: A Junior Library Guild Selection A New York Public Library – Best Book for Teens 2017 “A richly developed fantasy world coupled with an ambitious anti-heroine of complex agency, this story shines and surprises at …
Perhaps this explains why Naomi Novik’s Uprooted, which charmed so many other readers, left me cold. But to gain the world, Xifeng will have to give her soul to that darkness.
I’ve encountered in a while. When an opportunity presents itself, she flees Guma’s cruel home with her childhood lover Wei, taking the first steps towards her destiny.
Xifeng applies herself to studying art, music, and poetry, so that she has the markings of a well-born lady, and dreams of the day when she will be Empress of Feng Lu, as Guma’s cards have foretold. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Magic shows take a different form in Janella Angeles’ debut young adult novel,
I added a link to all of the stuff in close up under the picture =).
Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2017. The wait until the next book in this series is going to be a painful one but I have no doubt it will be worth it. I completely agree with this review!
Wow!!!!!!! No damages! Refresh and try again. With a tale as well-known (and Disney-fied) as “Snow White”, I feared that the author would fall into the trap of heavy-handed references, but Dao has an admirably subtle hand. Ratings 4.4 stars on Amazon 3.84 stars on Goodreads Add Forest of a Thousand Lanterns at Goodreads Author Julie C. Dao. Praise for Forest of a Thousand Lanterns: A Junior Library Guild Selection A New York Public Library - Best Book for Teens 2017 "A richly developed fantasy world coupled with an ambitious anti-heroine of complex agency, this story shines and surprises at every turn.Julie C. Dao is a talent to watch. I wanted to love it, but unfortunately, it didn't deliver. The stars say she is destined for greatness, that she is meant… In a nutshell: east asian-inspired fantasy about the origin story/rise of an evil queen ala snow white. He refuses to stay by Xifeng's side like Generic YA Love Interest #2 while she pursues the emperor. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. This was SO good and I'm just really angry that it took me so long to read it (or listen to it actually). Thanks Hadeer!! To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. I really can't wait to see wot becomes of our beautiful xifeng. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. *rubs temples* I really wish I liked this because I was really looking forward to this, but, I'm sorry friends, I was not a fan (and at most, 'it was ok'). I myself waffled between a 3.5ish and a 4 star rating, and ended up going with 4 just because it was a debut and I really loved Xifeng’s selfish, ruthless character. I’m in the minority here but I’ve never been a big fan of fairy stories, so retellings aren’t usually a genre that interests me. RELATE. If you are wondering what happened in Forest of a Thousand Lanterns, the first book in this series, then you are in the right place!. October 2017 Fairyloot Box.
The Secret Princess: A Retelling of The Goose Girl (Return to the Four Kingdoms Boo... Healed by the Fire (Artemis Lupine Book 3), The Queen's Council Rebel Rose (Queen's Council (1)). Praise. Please try your request again later. Arrived earlier than expected :), The book arrived without any damages and came earlier than expected! Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. I adore an anti-heroine story, and Julie C. Dao achieves this with flying colors in a lush, richly developed fantasy world of myth, monarchy, and magic. THIS. Buy other books like Forest of a Thousand Lanterns. This was definitely slow to start, but I'm already absolutely dying to read the second book. Few YA protagonists are anti-heroes in the way that Xifeng is allowed to be here, and even fewer young women. Xifeng’s background of poverty and abuse, and the fact that she has been brought up since birth to believe that she is destined to become Empress of Feng Lu make her climb to power understandable. First of all, the pacing is off.
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2018. These items are shipped from and sold by different sellers. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. There is nothing really WOW-ing about this one. , the first book in the planned Kingdom of... To see what your friends thought of this book, Yes. It's more of a third-person narrative, coming from Xifeng's view. Praise for Forest of a Thousand Lanterns: A Junior Library Guild Selection A New York Public Library – Best Book for Teens 2017 “A richly developed fantasy world coupled with an ambitious anti-heroine of complex agency, this story shines and surprises at …
Perhaps this explains why Naomi Novik’s Uprooted, which charmed so many other readers, left me cold. But to gain the world, Xifeng will have to give her soul to that darkness.
I’ve encountered in a while. When an opportunity presents itself, she flees Guma’s cruel home with her childhood lover Wei, taking the first steps towards her destiny.
Xifeng applies herself to studying art, music, and poetry, so that she has the markings of a well-born lady, and dreams of the day when she will be Empress of Feng Lu, as Guma’s cards have foretold. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Magic shows take a different form in Janella Angeles’ debut young adult novel,
I added a link to all of the stuff in close up under the picture =).
Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2017. The wait until the next book in this series is going to be a painful one but I have no doubt it will be worth it. I completely agree with this review!
Wow!!!!!!! No damages! Refresh and try again. With a tale as well-known (and Disney-fied) as “Snow White”, I feared that the author would fall into the trap of heavy-handed references, but Dao has an admirably subtle hand. Ratings 4.4 stars on Amazon 3.84 stars on Goodreads Add Forest of a Thousand Lanterns at Goodreads Author Julie C. Dao. Praise for Forest of a Thousand Lanterns: A Junior Library Guild Selection A New York Public Library - Best Book for Teens 2017 "A richly developed fantasy world coupled with an ambitious anti-heroine of complex agency, this story shines and surprises at every turn.Julie C. Dao is a talent to watch. I wanted to love it, but unfortunately, it didn't deliver. The stars say she is destined for greatness, that she is meant… In a nutshell: east asian-inspired fantasy about the origin story/rise of an evil queen ala snow white. He refuses to stay by Xifeng's side like Generic YA Love Interest #2 while she pursues the emperor. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. This was SO good and I'm just really angry that it took me so long to read it (or listen to it actually). Thanks Hadeer!! To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. I really can't wait to see wot becomes of our beautiful xifeng. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. *rubs temples* I really wish I liked this because I was really looking forward to this, but, I'm sorry friends, I was not a fan (and at most, 'it was ok'). I myself waffled between a 3.5ish and a 4 star rating, and ended up going with 4 just because it was a debut and I really loved Xifeng’s selfish, ruthless character. I’m in the minority here but I’ve never been a big fan of fairy stories, so retellings aren’t usually a genre that interests me. RELATE. If you are wondering what happened in Forest of a Thousand Lanterns, the first book in this series, then you are in the right place!. October 2017 Fairyloot Box.
The Secret Princess: A Retelling of The Goose Girl (Return to the Four Kingdoms Boo... Healed by the Fire (Artemis Lupine Book 3), The Queen's Council Rebel Rose (Queen's Council (1)). Praise. Please try your request again later. Arrived earlier than expected :), The book arrived without any damages and came earlier than expected! Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. I adore an anti-heroine story, and Julie C. Dao achieves this with flying colors in a lush, richly developed fantasy world of myth, monarchy, and magic. THIS. Buy other books like Forest of a Thousand Lanterns. This was definitely slow to start, but I'm already absolutely dying to read the second book. Few YA protagonists are anti-heroes in the way that Xifeng is allowed to be here, and even fewer young women. Xifeng’s background of poverty and abuse, and the fact that she has been brought up since birth to believe that she is destined to become Empress of Feng Lu make her climb to power understandable. First of all, the pacing is off.
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2018. These items are shipped from and sold by different sellers. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. There is nothing really WOW-ing about this one. , the first book in the planned Kingdom of... To see what your friends thought of this book, Yes. It's more of a third-person narrative, coming from Xifeng's view. Praise for Forest of a Thousand Lanterns: A Junior Library Guild Selection A New York Public Library – Best Book for Teens 2017 “A richly developed fantasy world coupled with an ambitious anti-heroine of complex agency, this story shines and surprises at …
Perhaps this explains why Naomi Novik’s Uprooted, which charmed so many other readers, left me cold. But to gain the world, Xifeng will have to give her soul to that darkness.
I’ve encountered in a while. When an opportunity presents itself, she flees Guma’s cruel home with her childhood lover Wei, taking the first steps towards her destiny.
Xifeng applies herself to studying art, music, and poetry, so that she has the markings of a well-born lady, and dreams of the day when she will be Empress of Feng Lu, as Guma’s cards have foretold. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Magic shows take a different form in Janella Angeles’ debut young adult novel,
I added a link to all of the stuff in close up under the picture =).
Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2017. The wait until the next book in this series is going to be a painful one but I have no doubt it will be worth it. I completely agree with this review!
Wow!!!!!!! No damages! Refresh and try again. With a tale as well-known (and Disney-fied) as “Snow White”, I feared that the author would fall into the trap of heavy-handed references, but Dao has an admirably subtle hand. Ratings 4.4 stars on Amazon 3.84 stars on Goodreads Add Forest of a Thousand Lanterns at Goodreads Author Julie C. Dao. Praise for Forest of a Thousand Lanterns: A Junior Library Guild Selection A New York Public Library - Best Book for Teens 2017 "A richly developed fantasy world coupled with an ambitious anti-heroine of complex agency, this story shines and surprises at every turn.Julie C. Dao is a talent to watch. I wanted to love it, but unfortunately, it didn't deliver. The stars say she is destined for greatness, that she is meant… In a nutshell: east asian-inspired fantasy about the origin story/rise of an evil queen ala snow white. He refuses to stay by Xifeng's side like Generic YA Love Interest #2 while she pursues the emperor. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. This was SO good and I'm just really angry that it took me so long to read it (or listen to it actually). Thanks Hadeer!! To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. I really can't wait to see wot becomes of our beautiful xifeng. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. *rubs temples* I really wish I liked this because I was really looking forward to this, but, I'm sorry friends, I was not a fan (and at most, 'it was ok'). I myself waffled between a 3.5ish and a 4 star rating, and ended up going with 4 just because it was a debut and I really loved Xifeng’s selfish, ruthless character. I’m in the minority here but I’ve never been a big fan of fairy stories, so retellings aren’t usually a genre that interests me. RELATE. If you are wondering what happened in Forest of a Thousand Lanterns, the first book in this series, then you are in the right place!. October 2017 Fairyloot Box.
The Secret Princess: A Retelling of The Goose Girl (Return to the Four Kingdoms Boo... Healed by the Fire (Artemis Lupine Book 3), The Queen's Council Rebel Rose (Queen's Council (1)). Praise. Please try your request again later. Arrived earlier than expected :), The book arrived without any damages and came earlier than expected! Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. I adore an anti-heroine story, and Julie C. Dao achieves this with flying colors in a lush, richly developed fantasy world of myth, monarchy, and magic. THIS. Buy other books like Forest of a Thousand Lanterns. This was definitely slow to start, but I'm already absolutely dying to read the second book. Few YA protagonists are anti-heroes in the way that Xifeng is allowed to be here, and even fewer young women. Xifeng’s background of poverty and abuse, and the fact that she has been brought up since birth to believe that she is destined to become Empress of Feng Lu make her climb to power understandable. First of all, the pacing is off.
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2018. These items are shipped from and sold by different sellers. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. There is nothing really WOW-ing about this one. , the first book in the planned Kingdom of... To see what your friends thought of this book, Yes. It's more of a third-person narrative, coming from Xifeng's view. Praise for Forest of a Thousand Lanterns: A Junior Library Guild Selection A New York Public Library – Best Book for Teens 2017 “A richly developed fantasy world coupled with an ambitious anti-heroine of complex agency, this story shines and surprises at …
Perhaps this explains why Naomi Novik’s Uprooted, which charmed so many other readers, left me cold. But to gain the world, Xifeng will have to give her soul to that darkness.
I’ve encountered in a while. When an opportunity presents itself, she flees Guma’s cruel home with her childhood lover Wei, taking the first steps towards her destiny.
Xifeng applies herself to studying art, music, and poetry, so that she has the markings of a well-born lady, and dreams of the day when she will be Empress of Feng Lu, as Guma’s cards have foretold. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Magic shows take a different form in Janella Angeles’ debut young adult novel,
I added a link to all of the stuff in close up under the picture =).