All through my reading Burning Tigress I shook my head at this missed opportunity. Author Jade Lee is a good writer with a strong knowledge of 19th century Shanghai. When she’s describing the Chinese scolding each other and struggling with life among English people whom they detest, she is marvelous. In this fourth book in…
It took me a long time to finish Hungry Tigress – I simpy could not get interested in it at all. Although it had an exciting beginning, the middle was slow and talky, and the ending engaged my ick factor to a very high degree. I did not care for the characters at all…this book…
The cover blurb on this book says that fans of Christine Feehan are likely to enjoy it. For once, the cover blurb does not lie. Tiger Eye reads like the offspring of a Feehan novel and an X-Men comic, and it is loads of fun. It seems that there are people in the world with…
Forgive me if this review seems pulled in two directions; that’s the way White Tigress by Jade Lee made me feel. It kind of gave me the creeps, and I wasn’t too sure about the happily-ever-after. However, it definitely has some moments of brilliance. There’s only one thing I can say for sure: if you…
Susan Grant’s The Scarlet Empress is a brisk pageturner with a fast-moving storyline and likable characters. But while it’s an entertaining read, it’s also a less satisfying conclusion to the 2176 saga than it might have been. Grant, the creative force behind this mini-series, kicked things off with 21st Century Air Force pilot Bree “Banzai”…
I was very excited about The Dim Sum Of All Things. By reading the blurb I expected it to be witty and hilarious. But the problem with preconceived notions is that you generally expect too much and end up disappointed instead. My cousin, for example, once raved about a certain recipe, which I then tried…
Judith Michael’s new book is about a clothing designer who goes to China on a business trip. In just a few weeks, love, and China, change her forever. In the nineteen eighties I traveled on business quite a bit and many of my trips were to China and Asia. For this reason, the premise of…
I first picked up Desire’s Blossom when I was ten years old. I was curious about the books with the ugly covers that my sister loved so much. I chose Desire’s Blossom because I read from the back cover blurb that it was partially set in China. I didn’t read another romance book for six…
Ah literary fiction! Quality books in beautiful covers! The blurb on the back of Lost in Translation makes it sound like a romance novel, but the stunning art work and handsome binding let you know it is something better. Right? This is a book you can be proud to read on the subway or keep…
Sigh, I never thought I’d live to see the day when Elizabeth Lowell, mistress of the long and sensual love scene, would write a quickie. Jade Island is the second in Ms Lowell’s series about the Donovan family. In this one, Kyle Donovan, who is an expert on gems, meets Lianne Blakely, the illegitimate daughter…