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A review by thistlechaser
Stormrise by Jillian Boehme
4.0
At first I thought this would just be a retelling of Disney's Mulan, but early on it went off in its own direction and never looked back (and it's even more different than the original story Disney's is based on, Hua Mulan). The only thing the two stories shared was that the main character (named Rain in Stormrise) pretended to be a man so she could join the army.
Unlike Disney's version, she was discovered pretty early on, but as the main plot was about her waking dragons to save the country, that only added to her trouble doing so.
The dragons were real Chinese dragons, not the little one in Disney's version. As much as I loved Disney's movie, this book was much better. Everything was more mature and realistic (especially about how she had to pretend to be a man -- Disney's Mulan never had to deal with her period!).
The ending was sweet. I don't usually seek out happy endings, but I really liked it in Stormrise's case.
Unlike Disney's version, she was discovered pretty early on, but as the main plot was about her waking dragons to save the country, that only added to her trouble doing so.
The dragons were real Chinese dragons, not the little one in Disney's version. As much as I loved Disney's movie, this book was much better. Everything was more mature and realistic (especially about how she had to pretend to be a man -- Disney's Mulan never had to deal with her period!).
The ending was sweet. I don't usually seek out happy endings, but I really liked it in Stormrise's case.