Scale-Bright
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Average rating4.4
"Julienne's aunts are the archer who shot down the suns and the woman who lives on the moon. They teach her that there's more to the city of her birth than meets the eye--that beneath the modern chrome and glass of Hong Kong there are demons, gods, and the seethe of ancient feuds. As a mortal Julienne is to give them wide berth, for unlike her divine aunts she is painfully vulnerable, and choice prey for any demon. Until one day, she comes across a wounded, bleeding woman no one else can see, and is drawn into an old, old story of love, snake women, and the deathless monk who hunts them."--Back cover.
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3 released booksScale-Bright
Scale-Bright is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2014 with contributions by Benjanun Sriduangkaew.
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Time to get away from the American/British magical detective, oh THANK THE LORD. I wanted more, I want a sequel. Man, do I love this book. Finally, someone using non-Western mythology and supernatural creatures, plus queer protagonists, plus set in a city that isn't New York, London, Chicago or San Francisco, plus an author who ALSO doesn't live in Britain or America, PLUS amazing prose.
It is all wrapped up in a little ball with a ribbon JUST FOR ME. Hooray! This is one of those books that I buy copies of to give to my friends.
I can't judge people disliking the book because they dislike the author, because I tend not to bother reading books by people I dislike. But I do have to roll my eyes at the people posting one-star reviews just because they dislike the author outside of this. (TBF, in the current controversy over this author, most of the people raging against Sriduangkaew were on my Not To Read Because They're Racist As Hell list before this blow-up, so I find the whole situation fairly ironic.)
