Reviews - Shanghai Immortal

659 reviews for:

Shanghai Immortal

A.Y. Chao

3.38 AVERAGE

lunaswren's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

icecreamated's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous lighthearted 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

I don’t think this is an adult novel, reads very YA

emzorzin3d's review

The main character is so immature it's irritating. And even at a third of the way through there didn't seem to be anything interesting happening.

timgrubbs's review against another edition

5.0

Anything goes when you’re a fox spirit/vampire hybrid in 1930s Shanghai…

Shanghai Immortal by A. Y. Chao is a fantasy romance set during the jazz age about two world…the immortal and immortal…

Jing’s mother was a hulijing fox spirit and her father was a (possibly European) vampire…but she’s grown up her nearly hundred years as the ward of the king of hell.

IImmortal Shanghai (also known as yin Shanghai, the Dark City, and other names) is the supernatural reflection of mortal Shanghai, where creatures of heaven hell and beyond mingle…and travel between realms.

Jing is rambunctious…and ambitious…so the opportunity to serve as bodyguard to a visiting mortal businessman (and finally get the chance to travel to mortal Shanghai) might finally help her achieve her goals.

I liked the lore and the rampant use of various Chinese myths and figures throughout…as it really fleshed out both the immortal and mortal versions of Shanghai in the year 1935.

Also, I gotta give them credit for creative use of the vampire aversion to running water.

I look forward to seeing what they do with later volumes in this series…

leenareader's review

2.0

Rating: 2 ⭐️ DNF

Genre: Adult Fantasy

Format: Physical

Pages: 365

Spice: 2 🌶️

POV: First POV

S/S: Shanghai Immortal #1

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Unfortunately I couldn’t get into the writing style whatsoever. It is overly descriptive, for my taste.

I feel as though I would have enjoyed the story and characters as well as the world, but it’s pages upon pages of description.

I may come back to this at a later time, but I’m not sure.

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thea's review against another edition

4.0

3.6 stars! i enjoyed this book more than i thought i would! the family dynamics and character arc really made this book for me. this would be a cute animated short film. read this if you want a silly goofy book and a good time.