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September 15, 2026

REVIEW: Silk and Sensibility by Megnxi Seeley

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAsian characters / Historical / historical romance / Historical-China / literary adaptation / POC / POC author / sisters2 Comments

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A charming retelling of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility set in Ming-dynasty China. Two sisters with conflicting attitudes on passion and restraint must each choose between the traditions that bind their hearts and pursuing the love that could save them. Nineteen-year-old Ailin is torn between duty and desire. Following her ... more >

June 22, 2024

REVIEW: Vixen (Forbidden Pleasures Book 1) by Jade Lee

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsHistorical / Historical-China / scholar / seduction / sex education / strong heroine2 Comments

Zhi Hao has one goal: to pass the imperial exam, and eventually become a magistrate. That will get him the salary to support his parents and sisters. Eventually, he wants a wife and children, but not now. So, he is completely unprepared when a mystical fox spirit, in the shape ... more >

August 25, 2023

REVIEW: The Water Outlaws by S. L. Huang

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsEpic / epic fantasy / gender-based violence / Historical-China / LGBTQIA characters / LGBTQIAP+ / martial arts / Misogyny / outlaws / POC / POC author / revenge / social justice / ViolenceComments Off on REVIEW: The Water Outlaws by S. L. Huang

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A queer epic fantasy full of bandits, heroes, and revolution, inspired by the Chinese classic Water Margin; She Who Became the Sun meets The Dirty Dozen In the jianghu, you break the law to make it your own. Inspired by a classic of martial arts literature, The Water Outlaws are ... more >

December 15, 2022

REVIEW: Silver Pheasant: Kaifeng Chronicles, Book Four by Robert Campbell

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsbureaucracy / family relationships / Historical fiction / Historical-China / Kaifeng Chronicles / Ming dynasty / novella / POC / scholarComments Off on REVIEW: Silver Pheasant: Kaifeng Chronicles, Book Four by Robert Campbell

In Beijing, Li Bing continues his quest to enter the imperial civil service. Dear Mr. Campbell, Well, that’s a rather uninspired blurb that barely covers a third of what goes on in this book. It’s an important third but still, much more happens in this story than that. Threads that ... more >

March 21, 2022

JOINT REVIEW: Red Blossom in Snow by Jeannie Lin

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewscourtesan heroine / Historical / Historical-China / joint review / law-enforcement / Lotus Palace series / murder mystery / POC / POC author / road-romance / Tang DynastyComments Off on JOINT REVIEW: Red Blossom in Snow by Jeannie Lin

Murder and forbidden love in the Tang Dynasty. The latest in the bestselling Lotus Palace Mystery series. Magistrate Li Chen harbors a secret. One that could destroy his hard-earned reputation, as well as his growing passion for the talented courtesan, Song Yi. Li Chen’s duty to his family and the ... more >

June 26, 2021

REVIEW: Grand Canal: Kaifeng Chronicles, Book Three by Robert Campbell

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsfamily relationships / Historical fiction / Historical-China / Jewish characters / Kaifeng Chronicles / Ming dynasty / novella / POC / scholarComments Off on REVIEW: Grand Canal: Kaifeng Chronicles, Book Three by Robert Campbell

Li Bing travels from Hangzhou to Beijing along the Grand Canal, planning to stop at Kaifeng along the way. Meanwhile, developments in his new wife’s family take some interesting twists. Unforeseen circumstances have a way of derailing even the best plans. Dear Mr. Campbell,  Book three in the Kaifeng Chronicles ... more >

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