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A review by seeinghowitgoes
My Beautiful Enemy by Sherry Thomas
4.0
Set simultaneously in 2 time periods, it's a slightly jarring experience to realise that when we're first reunited with our hero and heroine it's actually their 2nd encounter.
Now under the name of Catherine Blade, Ling-Ling has come to England the land of her beloved teacher Herb. Sent by her stepfather Da Red to retrieve 2 jade tablets, she's stunned to run into Leighton, war hero, injured and now engaged.
The real truth however is much further in the past back in China, the history is so much richer and it's in the past where the story really flourishes.
Thomas excels with this mesh of cultures, the flavour it adds enriches the experience and if anything I felt the scenes in London felt rather bland in comparison.
Now under the name of Catherine Blade, Ling-Ling has come to England the land of her beloved teacher Herb. Sent by her stepfather Da Red to retrieve 2 jade tablets, she's stunned to run into Leighton, war hero, injured and now engaged.
The real truth however is much further in the past back in China, the history is so much richer and it's in the past where the story really flourishes.
Thomas excels with this mesh of cultures, the flavour it adds enriches the experience and if anything I felt the scenes in London felt rather bland in comparison.