shegeekdawn 's review for:

Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig

3.0

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An interesting tale of a Chinese pirate queen. It covers just a couple years of her life, but that time is full of adventure, betrayal, triumph and defeat. Historical fiction is not something I read often, but this was engrossing. The protagonist being a female in a massively male dominated "profession" is addressed very effectively, with proof as to why she's a queen. There are political machinations as well, things you don't necessarily think about in piracy. The various characters were well developed too.