Female Pirate Adventure
I really enjoyed this remix of Treasure Island so much more than I was expecting! I loved the Asian/female/queer twists so much and wish hat these characters could have a series of their own. I felt like the pacing of the book was a little off, the first big chunk was really slow background that could have been shortened a lot. Xiang is an interesting character who doesn’t really begin to bloom until she goes off on her own. While a lot, including her mother’s identity, was pretty obvious I felt like the story was more than what twists would come. The relationships between he characters were beautiful and the slow burn romance was just about perfect for this story. Xiang is desperate to prove herself to her mother, so when she learns she’s been carrying around a secret that could lead to the biggest pirate treasure of all time she joins Ahn and her family’s ship.