White Tiger
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4.4 • 15 Ratings
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- $23.99
Publisher Description
A great fantasy debut with elements of Chinese Taoist philosophy and martial arts. This is storytelling at its best ... adventurous, exciting and with a touch of the gods.
ACtION, INtRIGUE, DEMONS AND DRAGONSKylie Chan creates a fast and furious story balanced between the celestial and the mortal, the powerful and the innocent ...Emma Donahoe has just started her new job as nanny to Simone, the daughter of John Chen, a very rich Hong Kong businessman. She understands that Simone may be a target for kidnappers but she does not expect to be drawn into a world of martial arts, magic and extreme danger, where both gods and demons can exist in the mortal domain.When John and his American bodyguard, Leo, teach Emma their particular style of martial arts, they begin to realise that Emma herself is more than she seems ...
Customer Reviews
Ah… no
No, I’m not buying the sequel—even though the story is original and is based on a mythology that is, IMO, under-represented in the world of modern fantasy.
Too drawn out. Too repetitive. The line of the totally self-effacing, all-sacrificing, desperate love overplayed too badly—and the line of a modern, uninhibited ‘heavenly emperess’ who gives the celestial far rights a kick in the pants by taking seriously her responsibilities but nothing else, certainly not all their traditional, sacred, and what have you outdated circus, is only briefly sketched, which is disappointing. In short, not enough rebellion for my liking.