"During China's infamous Tang Dynasty, a time awash with luxury yet littered with deadly intrigues and fallen royalty, betrayed Princess Ai Li flees before her wedding. Miles from home, with only her delicate butterfly swords for defense, she enlists the reluctant protection of a blue-eyed warrior.... Battle-scarred, embittered Ryam has always held his own life at cheap value. Ai Li's innocent trust in him and honorable, stubborn nature make him desperate to protect her--which means not seducing the first woman he has ever truly wanted...."--P. [4] of cover.
This book is why I’m wary of slow burns. Done right, they’re brilliant. Done like this, there’s just so much repetition, telling us things we know over and over instead of gaining forward momentum. Doing it by audio didn’t help, since there’s no way to skim over the tenth time you hear a sentence.
Down to two stars at one point, but back up to three because I really do like any historicals set outside of England, and because it made me reread Laurent. But I’m glad I read a different Jeannie Lin first.
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