The Library of Legends by Janie Chang
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I rate this somewhere between 3½ and 4 stars.
While I have 3 books by Janie Chang on my shelf—the covers are beautiful!—I've never read one until now. One reason is that I thought I had a trilogy here and thought I had to read the other books in order. In case you were wondering, you don't. This one is a stand-alone. It got off to a slow start for me, possibly because it is set in a period I have no familiarity with. It took place in China just before WWII, but became in many ways it felt like I was reading about ancient times! I won't repeat the synopis here, but the book is historical fiction with elements of fantasy; stories about Gods and Spirits. While the book started slow for me, about 40% of the way through, it really clicked. I became attached to several of the characters, particularly the servant girl, Sparrow, and finished to book quickly.

I won this book through the Library Thing Early Reviewers program.

View all my reviews