A fast-paced and exciting read!
The Scarlet Alchemist is a historical fantasy set in an alternate version of China during the Tang Dynasty. I really enjoyed the story and found myself increasingly drawn into it as it progressed and I tried to guess what was coming next.
Zilan has always dreamed of becoming a royal alchemist, but she encounters hurdle after hurdle as she takes the entrance exams and works her way closer to the royal court.
I love that this book didn’t have a typical magic system! Instead, stones are used to perform alchemical magic and each stone’s properties allow it to achieve various results. I thought Kylie did an excellent job explaining how all of this worked!
I loooove court politics in fantasy novels and this book delivered. Zilan finds herself pretending to be the prince’s paramour in the midst of a plot to kill any potential heirs to the throne.
I received a finished copy through the BookishFirst raffle and all thoughts are my own.
Zilan has always dreamed of becoming a royal alchemist, but she encounters hurdle after hurdle as she takes the entrance exams and works her way closer to the royal court.
I love that this book didn’t have a typical magic system! Instead, stones are used to perform alchemical magic and each stone’s properties allow it to achieve various results. I thought Kylie did an excellent job explaining how all of this worked!
I loooove court politics in fantasy novels and this book delivered. Zilan finds herself pretending to be the prince’s paramour in the midst of a plot to kill any potential heirs to the throne.
I received a finished copy through the BookishFirst raffle and all thoughts are my own.