Descendant of the Crane
3.5
(150)
Joan He
Tyrants cut out hearts. Rulers sacrifice their own. Princess Hesina of Yan has always been eager to shirk the responsibilities of the crown, but when her beloved father is murdered, she's thrust into power, suddenly the queen of an unstable kingdom. Determined to find her father's killer, Hesina does something desperate: she engages the aid of a soothsayer--a treasonous act, punishable by death & hellip; because in Yan, magic was outlawed centuries ago. Using the information illicitly provided by the sooth, and uncertain if she can trust even her family, Hesina turns to Akira--a brilliant and alluring investigator who's also a convicted criminal with secrets of his own. With the future of her kingdom at stake, can Hesina find justice for her father? Or will the cost be too high? In this shimmering Chinese-inspired fantasy, debut author Joan He introduces a determined and vulnerable young heroine struggling to do right in a world brimming with deception.
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Author
Joan He
Pages
437
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Published Date
2019
ISBN
0807515507 9780807515501
Ratings
Google: 4
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"Kept me on my toes! I read this one so fast, I really loved it! "
Mya Queen
"One of my favorite asian-culture based fantasy novels."
Basil
"YA fantasy with rounded out political intrigue and a female lead that's neither power-hungry or powerless!!! So good for anyone that likes their villains to be real people and their heroes to be flawed romantics "
Emmy Thatisall
"Historical fantasy, slight court intrigue and great twists!"
Sara Robinson null
"This book should not have taken me a month to read. I just could not force myself to get through the first half of it at a reasonable pace. It was slow and honestly boring up until about the halfway point. <br/><br/>Overall it was okay. I found the murder mystery aspect of it to be interesting. And I have a weak spot for stories that include an ancient network of tunnels that comes into play later in the story. And this book has that so it made me happy.<br/><br/>I can tell I'm getting older because I roll my eyes every time I read that the general of the entire nation's military forces is only <i>seventeen</i> years old. I can deal with kings and queens being crowned in their teens, but who in their right mind leaves a nation's army in the hands of hormonal teenagers?<br/><br/>I also found the romance to be a bit forced. It seemed to come out of nowhere. Literally nowhere. Hesina just suddenly liked Akira and for seemingly no reason. I didn't feel anything towards their relationship. Normally I'm rooting the lovebirds on, but I was just "eh" towards it in this story."
Brianna Smith