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Black Water Sister
by Zen Cho
*I received an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thanks for the free book*
I wasn't a huge fan of Cho's "Sorcerer to the Crown" but this urban fantasy set in Malaysia was great fun and I really enjoyed it! Jessamyn Teo is a lesbian, she is broke, has just completed her studies and wanted to move in with her girlfriend, but now her parents have taken her back to Malaysia where she is consequently haunted by the ghost of her grandmother, attacked by spirits, nearly murdered and hunted down by gang bosses while her girlfriend is growing unhappier by the minute. This was wonderfully weird and interesting, I also learned so much. Books like these really show how much better fantasy can get if we leave Europe out of it. You go, Zen Cho!
4.5 Stars
I wasn't a huge fan of Cho's "Sorcerer to the Crown" but this urban fantasy set in Malaysia was great fun and I really enjoyed it! Jessamyn Teo is a lesbian, she is broke, has just completed her studies and wanted to move in with her girlfriend, but now her parents have taken her back to Malaysia where she is consequently haunted by the ghost of her grandmother, attacked by spirits, nearly murdered and hunted down by gang bosses while her girlfriend is growing unhappier by the minute. This was wonderfully weird and interesting, I also learned so much. Books like these really show how much better fantasy can get if we leave Europe out of it. You go, Zen Cho!
4.5 Stars