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llamallamacallurmama 's review for:
Legend of the White Snake
by Sher Lee
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4/5
Audio (David Lee Huynh and Andrew Grace)
* Summary: Prince Xian hunts the white snake who saved his life (and consumed a magical cure for his mother’s devastating illness) several years ago. Meanwhile, transient stable boy Zhen hides a secret identity of his own.
* Stats: Historical Fantasy, MM, closed door, stand alone.
* Notes: I enjoyed this - although I am not familiar with the original legend. I found the setting interesting, although moments of the character development were a bit clunky (how many times must we be told flat out how the MMC has slept with so many people? There’s no issue with it - it’s just unnecessary for the author to repeat quite so many times). My primary complaint would probably be with the ending which resolves very, very rapidly with something of a bait and switch in a style that I really just don’t enjoy.
OTT and Spoilery Content Notes:
Imprisonment, kidnapping, blindfolding, restraint (not kink), blood and gore, violence, death, dying parent, Confucian mmc, parent with chronic illness, long haired mmc, fistfight, animal cruelty (side character), veterinary care, animal death (snake), snake shifter mmc, mmc is beaten, injuries, a side character is whipped and tortured (corporal punishment), animal attack (leopard), bathing, caretaking, snakebite, medical care, alcohol, torture of mmc, some homophobia and classism from sibling, mmc is poisoned, death of parent, 17M
4/5
Audio (David Lee Huynh and Andrew Grace)
* Summary: Prince Xian hunts the white snake who saved his life (and consumed a magical cure for his mother’s devastating illness) several years ago. Meanwhile, transient stable boy Zhen hides a secret identity of his own.
* Stats: Historical Fantasy, MM, closed door, stand alone.
* Notes: I enjoyed this - although I am not familiar with the original legend. I found the setting interesting, although moments of the character development were a bit clunky (how many times must we be told flat out how the MMC has slept with so many people? There’s no issue with it - it’s just unnecessary for the author to repeat quite so many times). My primary complaint would probably be with the ending which resolves very, very rapidly with something of a bait and switch in a style that I really just don’t enjoy.
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