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"This richly told adult fantasy teems with Chinese deities and demons cavorting in jazz age Shanghai. Half vampire. Half fox-spirit. All trouble. Pawned by her mother to the King of Hell as a child, Lady Jing is half-vampire, half-hulijing fox-spirit and all sasshole. 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. 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. 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. 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"--Publisher.… (more)
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The mythology and worldbuilding is rich, and the plot
This is definitely a strong debut.
I want to thank NetGalley and Hodder & Stoughton for gifting me an ARC in exchange for an honest revidew.
Yeah, some jokes are a bit groan worthy, but for some odd reasons they work with the characters and makes them more endearing.
What I especially liked was that Ms Chao didn't shy back from embracing the overly colourful and over the top characterization of Chinese mythology.
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Signed by the author with fox stencilled on blue page edges and gilded design on boards under the dustjacket. #996 of 1000 numbered copies.