ajnd99 's review for:

4.0

Good, wish it could’ve been great. I’ve been a sucker for Asian mythology lately and this retelling of the Mulan legend easily caught my attention. Parts were very repetitive (sometimes I had to check if I’d reread the same chapter because some of the writing was so similar) and lost its pacing for most of the book after the first few chapters. Main character definitely suffers from ‘woe is me’ syndrome a bit too much. All in all it was one of those books with a great premise and story, but suffered because the writing didn’t quite hit the mark.

It was enjoyable for the most part and worth the read, but I won’t be keeping the book on my shelves and bothering to read the eventual sequel.