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adventurous
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
adventurous
funny
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
I was really looking forward to this book. It’s set in the 1930’s in a parallel world to Shanghai. The Shanghai we’re in is the hell version, known as Immortal Shanghai which is where the name of the book comes from 📖
We follow our main character, Lady Jing, who is a vampire, as she tries to solve an ancient mystery. I found Jing to be very unlikable, especially her dialogue which felt like it was trying to be funny but missed the mark 🧛♀️
The world building had so much potential, but it was lost in the too long explanations and too long scenes. The pacing was off, the first 80% or so felt far too slow/dragged out, then the last bit was far too fast 😕
I did enjoy the relationship between Jing and Mr Lee, it was pretty cute. There’s no spice in this book, but we do get to see some light romance ❤️
A historic setting, vampires, ancient mystery and hell sounded right up my street, but it didn’t live up to my expectations 🙁
adventurous
lighthearted
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
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
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
adventurous
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No