Chao paints a vivid world that comes alive on the pages, atmospheric with vivid descriptions of the smells and tastes and what everything looks like. Their dynamic was very fun to read.īut my favourite thing about Shanghai Immortal was the world building. They insult each other, threaten each other but at the end of the day know that they can trust and rely on each other, too. They two are opposites in character, but neither of them wants to admit that they are friends. I also enjoyed Jing’s friendship with Gigi a lot. Through each other, they both learned to see the world(s) with different eyes and grew from it.Įspecially Lady Jing goes through a lot of character development. Not only to the story but to each other as well. I liked how their contrasts added to the story and gave it nuances and different perspectives. The two couldn’t be more different, but I think that’s what made the characters complement each other so well. Lee, who knows how to behave correctly with proper etiquette and is usually very collected. We meet Jing, being her angry, feral self. It really does set the scene and mood for the rest of the story. It’s fun and a bit chaotic and full of action. Chao | Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton | Release Date: | Pages: 400 | Genre: historical fantasy Review: But when her hijinks put the mortal in danger, she must decide which is more important: avenging her loss of face, or letting go of her half-empty approach to life for a chance to experience tenderness – and maybe even love.īook: Shanghai Immortal | Author: A.Y. With the help of a gentle mortal tasked with setting up the Central Bank of Hell, Jing embarks on a wild chase for intel, first through Hell and then mortal Shanghai. So when Jing overhears the courtiers plotting to steal a priceless dragon pearl from the King, she seizes her chance to expose them, once and for all. As the King’s ward, she has spent the past ninety years running errands, dodging the taunts of the spiteful hulijing courtiers, and trying to control her explosive temper – with varying levels of success.
Pawned by her mother to the King of Hell as a child, Lady Jing is half-vampire, half-hulijing fox-spirit and all sasshole. Continue reading to find out if I ended up liking it. It’s so gorgeous, and then I also really liked the synopsis and I got super excited when I was approved for an ARC! I didn’t really expect anything going in, I was just excited for the story.
The cover was the first thing I noticed about Shanghai Immortal. I received a copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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