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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
This was a five star read up until the end. I don't know what happens but the ending wasn't it for me Why did Zhen die and suddenly came back from the dead. I didn't really make sense to me. I really wish the end was different other then that I enjoyed this book so much.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
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:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
fast-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
Am Anfang war es einfach nur ein cutes, nettes Buch über zwei boys die sich verlieben und einer davon ist halt ne Schlange und hat den anderen verraten. Und am Ende war es total emotional und hat mixh auch ein wenig zerstört. Es sind Dinge passiert, die ich so nicht erwartet habe und es hat wehgetan:(
Zhen und Xian hab ich zu Beginn nicht ganz so gefühlt als Paar, aber am Ende waren sie soo süß und hatten ne richtig tiefe Verbindung, die man als Leserin richtig spüren konnte.
Ich mochte auch echt gerne Feng und Qing als Nebencharaktere. Feng war einfach richtig loyal und er une Qing geben ein cutes Paar ab.
Der danmei Teil des Buches war quch genau perfekt portiniert, es gab schon ein wenig worldbuilding und chinesische Bräuche und Kultur, die beschrieben wurde. Aber nicht zu viel, dass man überfordert ist.
Ich hatte eine richtig gute Zeit beim Lesen und bin nur so durchgeflogen.
Zhen und Xian hab ich zu Beginn nicht ganz so gefühlt als Paar, aber am Ende waren sie soo süß und hatten ne richtig tiefe Verbindung, die man als Leserin richtig spüren konnte.
Ich mochte auch echt gerne Feng und Qing als Nebencharaktere. Feng war einfach richtig loyal und er une Qing geben ein cutes Paar ab.
Der danmei Teil des Buches war quch genau perfekt portiniert, es gab schon ein wenig worldbuilding und chinesische Bräuche und Kultur, die beschrieben wurde. Aber nicht zu viel, dass man überfordert ist.
Ich hatte eine richtig gute Zeit beim Lesen und bin nur so durchgeflogen.
adventurous
challenging
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
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
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:
Complicated
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
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
Disclaimer: About halfway through this book, I decided to look up the original legend. This surprisingly did not backfire on me, as I was already pretty confident about who the antagonist of the story was, and the fact that the book absolutely pivots from the original tale at about the halfway point, to my delight.
The story starts off setting up the stakes well, with a slower build that eventually led into everything unfolding fairly quickly, but it never felt particularly fast-paced to me, though some may disagree with that assessment. It also does not shy away from descriptions of snakes, so if the title didn’t warn you off...there are definitely snakes in this. I like snakes, so that was fine, even when the description of one snake didn’t quite match up with any snakes I knew of. However, given this takes place in ancient China, I wasn’t too fussed about it.
Xian and Zhen are both delightful characters. Xian’s love for his mother is very touching, and I was actively rooting for him to succeed in saving her life. His relationship with his father was also nice, which was refreshing to see.
Honestly, I liked just about every character bar a few, and even ones I’d had issues with earlier on I ended up softening towards (again, bar a few). I quickly decided Qing deserved everything in life, and we had the fun fact in common of missing a gallbladder! I would also fight to the death to protect Zhaoye. As a horse person, I deem him best boy, and while he didn’t have that much page-time, he was a delight to read about every time he showed up.
The relationship between Xian and Zhen was likeable and flowed at a nice pace. Xian was polite and respectful (we love consent!), and seeing Zhen being the one to make those decisions was lovely. Their discussions were always nice to read, with one in particular causing me to possibly flail about like a small child.
Xian had some wonderful character growth over the course of the story. Honestly, character growth almost seemed to be an underlying theme throughout it, and I loved every single one of those moments.
The climax, while overall quickly resolved, was solid and answered a lot of questions, and the ending had me beaming. I enjoyed this book very much.
The story starts off setting up the stakes well, with a slower build that eventually led into everything unfolding fairly quickly, but it never felt particularly fast-paced to me, though some may disagree with that assessment. It also does not shy away from descriptions of snakes, so if the title didn’t warn you off...there are definitely snakes in this. I like snakes, so that was fine, even when the description of one snake didn’t quite match up with any snakes I knew of. However, given this takes place in ancient China, I wasn’t too fussed about it.
Xian and Zhen are both delightful characters. Xian’s love for his mother is very touching, and I was actively rooting for him to succeed in saving her life. His relationship with his father was also nice, which was refreshing to see.
Honestly, I liked just about every character bar a few, and even ones I’d had issues with earlier on I ended up softening towards (again, bar a few). I quickly decided Qing deserved everything in life, and we had the fun fact in common of missing a gallbladder! I would also fight to the death to protect Zhaoye. As a horse person, I deem him best boy, and while he didn’t have that much page-time, he was a delight to read about every time he showed up.
The relationship between Xian and Zhen was likeable and flowed at a nice pace. Xian was polite and respectful (we love consent!), and seeing Zhen being the one to make those decisions was lovely. Their discussions were always nice to read, with one in particular causing me to possibly flail about like a small child.
Xian had some wonderful character growth over the course of the story. Honestly, character growth almost seemed to be an underlying theme throughout it, and I loved every single one of those moments.
The climax, while overall quickly resolved, was solid and answered a lot of questions, and the ending had me beaming. I enjoyed this book very much.