thecorkedreader 's review for:

Shanghai Immortal by A.Y. Chao

2.5

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🐉Shanghai Immortal🐉

Shanghai Immortal is the first in a new adult fantasy trilogy. Lady Jing is half vampire and half fox-spirit. She is the King of Hell’s ward and is generally an outcast amongst the courtiers. When she overhears the courtiers plotting to steal a priceless dragon pearl, she decides this is her chance to expose who they really are once and for all. Paired up with a gentle mortal who has been tasked with setting up a central bank in hell, they set off on a wild goose chase.

While this one sounded interesting and had a lot of promise, I didn’t really enjoy it. The dialogue from the main character is extremely repetitive and although it is an adult book, it felt super juvenile. I spent a lot of time cringing when she spoke.

In general, the story didn’t fully capture me. It had an incredibly slow start for such a short book and it took to about the 40% mark for me to feel any sort of investment in what was going on.

This one was definitely a miss for me so I don’t think I will be continuing on with the rest of the trilogy when it comes out.

⭐2.5/5 stars⭐