A review by effingunicorns
Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik

5.0

The difference between China's general attitude toward dragons versus the European attitude was interesting but not surprising, since I'd already been familiar with the differences in dragon mythology, but it hadn't occurred to me that the Mulan story could lead to a whole chunk of the Chinese military being solely women. Even though it was a minor thing compared to the rest of the story, I thought it was awesome.