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Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong
4.0
Foul Lady Fortune expands on the universe that was set in the previous duology with better characters and romance.
Rosalind Lang almost died after the events that took place in These Violent Ends. She is saved, but in doing so she now has the ability to heal from all wounds and doesn't age. She uses her power to become a Nationalist assassin, under the code name Fortune. With a Japanese invasion looming and strange deaths taking place in Shanghai, she is assigned to spy with another Nationalist spy, Orion Hong. Orion and Rosalind have to pretend to be married to infiltrate a Japanese newspaper, but they discover there is more than meets the eye with their mission and each other.
I really enjoyed this! I felt the plot was MUCH better than the previous duology. I felt more immersed in this book and it was easier to catch my attention. It's definitely a switch from the previous series, with less focus on gangs and more on the politics of the current climate. You have lots of spying from all sides, as the Japanese, Communists, and Nationalists all have different motivations in the city. I found that setting pretty interesting, but I will say there are some strange inconsistencies. Orion is the famous son of a Nationalist leader in Shanghai, but is able to start working at a foreign newspaper under cover without any suspicion? I just think there were some plot holes in that regard.
Despite that, I found the romance much more believable and I liked how it grew over time. It is very slow-burn and they truly don't exactly get together. There is lots of banter as they don't like each other at the beginning, but over time they grow and learn more about each other. If anything, I'm really excited to see how that pans out in the next book. I will be picking up the sequel and I'm excited to finally get to the novellas as well.
Rosalind Lang almost died after the events that took place in These Violent Ends. She is saved, but in doing so she now has the ability to heal from all wounds and doesn't age. She uses her power to become a Nationalist assassin, under the code name Fortune. With a Japanese invasion looming and strange deaths taking place in Shanghai, she is assigned to spy with another Nationalist spy, Orion Hong. Orion and Rosalind have to pretend to be married to infiltrate a Japanese newspaper, but they discover there is more than meets the eye with their mission and each other.
I really enjoyed this! I felt the plot was MUCH better than the previous duology. I felt more immersed in this book and it was easier to catch my attention. It's definitely a switch from the previous series, with less focus on gangs and more on the politics of the current climate. You have lots of spying from all sides, as the Japanese, Communists, and Nationalists all have different motivations in the city. I found that setting pretty interesting, but I will say there are some strange inconsistencies. Orion is the famous son of a Nationalist leader in Shanghai, but is able to start working at a foreign newspaper under cover without any suspicion? I just think there were some plot holes in that regard.
Despite that, I found the romance much more believable and I liked how it grew over time. It is very slow-burn and they truly don't exactly get together. There is lots of banter as they don't like each other at the beginning, but over time they grow and learn more about each other. If anything, I'm really excited to see how that pans out in the next book. I will be picking up the sequel and I'm excited to finally get to the novellas as well.