Asian and Proud Book Recs

August 05, 2020




Today i'm gonna give you three books with Asian heritage or the main focus of the plot or characters are Asian. Again, this one is my already read books (obviously) that i think can included in this category. And also, again, in order of the book i read first not by the rating of the book.


1. Flame in The Mist

This book is soooo good! The first book with Japanese Mythology with charming characters. This book follow the main character Mariko who in her way to meet her betrothed, end up almost assassinated by the Black Clan but she survived, as lone survivor in fact. Want a revenge, dress herself as a boy, joining the black clan and then the story begins!


Lot's of charming character such as Okami, for my opinion who got the spotlight at the most for this book and i also love the other characters also, a lot of plot twist, a bit dark with a splash of Japanese Mythology, well... isn't that interesting enough? 


This book is a duology with 2 others novella which i haven't read but i'm so excited to read it. I'm torn to wait till i have it physically in my shelf or not because the second book doesn't have the matching cover for this edition i have (which is a bummer).


2. To All The Boys I've Loved Before

For contemporary books i would say this one is a cute read for you. This follows Lara jean, half Korean, that always write a love letter for every crush she has been into but never sent it. But somehow that letters are sent and most of the boys encounter her to talk about it. Which one of it is her sister's boyfriend. 


To avoid the awkwardness, she pretends to be Peter Kavinsky's new girlfriend who she also send the letter and currently having trouble moving on his previous girlfriend, so.. win win solutions? But obviously it's not that easy right?
This book was suppose to be a standalone at first but in the end the author release the sequel of it and then end up releasing the third book too, which i don't mind because i always love cute read.


3. Forest of A Thousand Lantern

This one is just so unique in my opinion. Probably this is because it's about a village girl that trying to be an Empress, how she struggle, how hard she tried to achieve that goal and how much she sacrificed things that matters to her.  I've done a review about this book in my blog before, so check it out just in case you missed it.

The main character is morally grey character, which like i said before ready to sacrifice and do ugly things in order to reach her ultimate "Fate" to became the Empress, yet she knows how bad she is, and didn't deny it. Which i find it amusing, because it's hard to find a main character that admit that they're not a good person.

They said it's a retelling of The Evil Queen legend, some also said that it's a mix of The Wrath and the Dawn meets Snow White and the Huntsman. But because i haven't read the wrath and the dawn i can't really say if it's totally related.

So that's my Asian and Proud book Recommendations, tell me which book is your favorite also which other books you would recommend!

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