Date Published: January 1, 2013
Format: NOOK ebook
Source: Personal Copy
Read: December 30-31, 2018
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Blurb:
Sword dancer Li Feng is used to living life on the edge of the law—a woman alone in the dangerous world of the Tang Dynasty has only her whirlwind reflexes to trust. She will discover the truth about her past, even if that means outwitting the most feared thief-catcher of them all...
Relentless, handsome and determined, Han sees life—and love—as black and white. Until he finally captures the spirited, courageous Li Feng, who makes him question everything he thought he knew about right and wrong. Soon he's faced with an impossible choice: betray the elusive sword dancer he is learning to love, or trust his long-disregarded heart and follow her to dangerous, tempting rebellion...
Review
So this sub-series to the main series started off with a bang and did not quite until the last page. Li Feng was an amazing heroine - I loved her spirit, I loved her smart ass mouth, and her brains. The cat-and-mouse game that Han and Li Feng had going on in the first third of the book really built the sexual tension as well as the plot tension. The surprise twists to the plotline kept the story moving forward even without the couple being romantic with each other. When they finally partnered up and starting scheming together, I couldn't keep my eyes off the page. I loved it and wanted to return to this part of the Tang Dynasty series; luckily I had one more book to go to finish the series, which I promptly started the day after reading this one. Since the story dealt more with the common people of Tang Dynasty rather than the Imperial palace intrigue, the story allowed Lin to really push in new directions character and story wise.
Highly recommend.
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