A review by yubsie
Peasprout Chen, Future Legend of Skate and Sword by Henry Lien

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 
Let's be honest, this book had me at "kung fu figure skating". The action sequences are really well done and exciting and this is coming from someone who doesn't actually like such things that much.

I did find the dialogue a bit clunky at first (I got a bit sick of "ten thousand years of stomach gas!" in the first few chapters), but I got used to it and by the end the excitement and mystery were enough to make me forget about that.

Initially I found Peasprout's overconfidence grating but on further consideration that was actually really refreshing to see in a middle grade heroine. And she got to learn and grow, that's always a good thing! She had a lot of big feelings as is only suited to a fourteen year old girl.