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A review by weekendsfullybooked
The Ninja Daughter by Tori Eldridge
5.0
"It was easy to fool people when you showed them what they expected to see."
Summary
After her sister is raped and murdered, Lily Wong dedicates her life and ninja skills to the protection of women. But her mission is complicated. Not only does she live above the Chinese restaurant owned by her Norwegian father and inspired by the recipes of her Chinese mother, but she has to hide her true self from her mom who is already disappointed at her less than feminine ways, and who would be horrified if she knew what she had become. But when a woman and her son she escorted safely to an abused women’s shelter return home to dangerous consequences, Lily is forced to not only confront her family and her past, but team up with a mysterious―and very lethal―stranger to rescue them.
Why did I pick up this book?
A local bookstore has a reading challenge every year, and I thought I'd try to complete it this year. One of the prompts is "A book published by small press." I believe the author self-published!
What did I enjoy about it?
It was definitely a complicated mystery that intertwined in ways that were very unexpected when the book first started out. I loved that I always felt I was waiting for something to happen, like I was in suspense the whole time. I also appreciated that we got to hear about Lily's many layers of identity and how they were often in conflict with one another.
What did I not enjoy about it?
Outside of the overarching mystery, there were many moments when Lily would use her ninja skills in daily life. Yes, women face threats all the time, but as a woman living in a big city myself, I have never been in this many places or situations where I wished I knew self-defense. It seemed to be a bit overdramatic in this aspect.
Summary
After her sister is raped and murdered, Lily Wong dedicates her life and ninja skills to the protection of women. But her mission is complicated. Not only does she live above the Chinese restaurant owned by her Norwegian father and inspired by the recipes of her Chinese mother, but she has to hide her true self from her mom who is already disappointed at her less than feminine ways, and who would be horrified if she knew what she had become. But when a woman and her son she escorted safely to an abused women’s shelter return home to dangerous consequences, Lily is forced to not only confront her family and her past, but team up with a mysterious―and very lethal―stranger to rescue them.
Why did I pick up this book?
A local bookstore has a reading challenge every year, and I thought I'd try to complete it this year. One of the prompts is "A book published by small press." I believe the author self-published!
What did I enjoy about it?
It was definitely a complicated mystery that intertwined in ways that were very unexpected when the book first started out. I loved that I always felt I was waiting for something to happen, like I was in suspense the whole time. I also appreciated that we got to hear about Lily's many layers of identity and how they were often in conflict with one another.
What did I not enjoy about it?
Outside of the overarching mystery, there were many moments when Lily would use her ninja skills in daily life. Yes, women face threats all the time, but as a woman living in a big city myself, I have never been in this many places or situations where I wished I knew self-defense. It seemed to be a bit overdramatic in this aspect.