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A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix

C.B. Lee

4.0 AVERAGE

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Content Warnings

vortacist's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

sapphicbloom's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

fannylandiia20's review against another edition

3.75

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

myb1023's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

manal_osmally's review against another edition

3.0

I am on a roll for stand alone books...
Let's jump right into things

Since I haven't read the original i have to summarize the situation..
We have xiang who has been trapped in a village her entire life with Mr. Feng as a mentor and paid help practically raised her while her mom ran a tea house in canton.

After practically begging her mom to go with her. She finally manages to go with her in the hope of learning thr trade and following her mother’s legacies. She meets ahn who is everything she is not and chaos ensures.

So here's the situation

Pros
- I haven't felt like the story is lacking in anyway.. It was a smooth sail
- I was enraged with the mother. Dragon head and all she is too much of a snot.
- I flet like Xiang deserves better in more ways than one. By the end of the book xiang have lost everything
- the question xiang asks ahn stricks me as everything and nothing in the universe (can you live on love alone?)

Cons
- Because of the nature of the remix. Mr. Feng character is lacking beyond believe. He was not support nor an enemy
- Ahn is..... Meh... I like her alright but I would have loved a bit of cunningness

alovelymourning's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

a beautiful book touching on lgbtqia+ acceptance and found family

Content Warnings

olivialandryxo's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

A thrilling tale of pirates, found family and first love that I can't recommend enough. I tend to enjoy most historical fantasy novels purely because I love the genre, but my favorites are always the ones that tell history's lesser-known stories. With this book, C.B. Lee did exactly that, and it was fantastic.

And oh my god, these two baby lesbians are absolutely adorable. They are now my daughters, I have taken them under my lesbian wing and will protect them at all costs.

Representation:

sapphic Chinese protagonist
sapphic Vietnamese love interest
full Asian cast (includes Chinese, Vietnamese, Nepalese, Korean, Thai & Arabic rep)
sapphic main couple
achillean side couple