The Ghost Bride
A Novel
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Tiger, a Reese’s Book Club pick, Yangsze Choo’s stunning debut, The Ghost Bride, is a startlingly original historical fantasy novel infused with Chinese folklore, romantic intrigue, and unexpected supernatural twists.
Li Lan, the daughter of a respectable Chinese family in colonial Malaysia, hopes for a favorable marriage, but her father has lost his fortune, and she has few suitors. Instead, the wealthy Lim family urges her to become a "ghost bride" for their son, who has recently died under mysterious circumstances. Rarely practiced, a traditional ghost marriage is used to placate a restless spirit. Such a union would guarantee Li Lan a home for the rest of her days, but at what price?
Night after night, Li Lan is drawn into the shadowy parallel world of the Chinese afterlife, where she must solve a dangerous supernatural mystery to uncover the Lim family’s darkest secrets—and the truth about her own family.
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Wonderful
This story is a fascinating, compelling odyssey through the spirit afterlife world and how it all affects the bride’s future. Fantasy intertwined with reality, beautifully crafted with usage of factual information about the time and place. It’s reflective of so much research. The writing draws you in and even at the conclusion, you want more.
Sleep deprived
This book had me reading until 3-4 in the morning on many nights, and not on purpose! It’s an unusual story and one that is filled with adventure. Highly recommend.
The Ghost Bride
An entertaining ride and so sorry to let these characters go!!! Vivid and beautifully written. I feel as though I myself have visited the Plains of the Dead with the heroine and met her ghosts, dragons and returned a changed person!! Thoroughly enjoyed from beginning to end!!