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Jade Fire Gold

Jade Fire Gold

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  • Author：June C.L. Tan
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Summary

Her destiny。 His revenge。

In an empire on the brink of war 。 。 。

Ahn is no one， with no past and no family。

Altan is a lost heir， his future stolen away as a child。

When they meet， Altan sees in Ahn a path to reclaiming the throne。 Ahn sees a way to finally unlock her past and understand her lethal magical abilities。

But they may have to pay a far deadlier price than either could have imagined。

Girls of Paper and Fire meets A Song of Wraiths and Ruin in June CL Tan's stunning debut， where ferocious action， shadowy intrigue， rich magic， and a captivating slow-burn romance collide。

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Reviews

Jo-Chan ，

Where do I even begin。 This is just an ok read。 The premise and characters are interesting， but the writing needs to be worked on。 The writing is flat and uninteresting， and gets worse as it goes on。 The first 3 sections are incredibly long， and the author spend too much time between world building and being descriptive。 The last sections are very rushed， and the chapters are barely a page or two。 When you're alternating between two points of view， this gets jarring every few pages。 You can tell Where do I even begin。 This is just an ok read。 The premise and characters are interesting， but the writing needs to be worked on。 The writing is flat and uninteresting， and gets worse as it goes on。 The first 3 sections are incredibly long， and the author spend too much time between world building and being descriptive。 The last sections are very rushed， and the chapters are barely a page or two。 When you're alternating between two points of view， this gets jarring every few pages。 You can tell the author felt the book was getting too long， and just ended it。The other weak part is the romance。 You don't feel the romance build， and it's more like the author wants them to be together so they have to。 It doesn't feel natural at all。 Honestly， if the author didn't have the side characters telling you that the main characters are attrached to each other， you wouldn't pick up on it。 Even they don't pick up on it。 Literally。 Overall， could have been better written。 。。。more

Zoé ViE ，

A phenomenal debut， it helped me out of a huge book slump。 I will definitely add June C。L。 Tan to the list of authours I'll preorder future books。 I can't wait to see what she comes up with next。 Also， if you read this story （and I totally suggest you do）， make sure you read the acknowledgements。 A phenomenal debut， it helped me out of a huge book slump。 I will definitely add June C。L。 Tan to the list of authours I'll preorder future books。 I can't wait to see what she comes up with next。 Also， if you read this story （and I totally suggest you do）， make sure you read the acknowledgements。 。。。more

Casiey Fran ，

I have a lower expectations but it actually turn out to be good 👍 tho it reminds me of "Spin the dawn" meets "The poppey war"But that last chapter tho i wonder if the author leaves that to tease there will be a sequel？ Or perhaps its just "Its up to your imagination" what will happen next lol I have a lower expectations but it actually turn out to be good 👍 tho it reminds me of "Spin the dawn" meets "The poppey war"But that last chapter tho i wonder if the author leaves that to tease there will be a sequel？ Or perhaps its just "Its up to your imagination" what will happen next lol 。。。more

Erin ，

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for a free ARC in exchange for a review。Did you ship Zuko and Katara as a child？ Yes？ Then， oh boy， is this the book for you。I loved the Chinese inspired mythology and the beautiful writing along with it。Ahn’s character growth is so beautiful， and you want to root for her。 Altan is so dedicated to his sister， and you see that obsession with revenge grow into his desire to help and protect others。There is a lot of violence and abuse， as one might expect f Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for a free ARC in exchange for a review。Did you ship Zuko and Katara as a child？ Yes？ Then， oh boy， is this the book for you。I loved the Chinese inspired mythology and the beautiful writing along with it。Ahn’s character growth is so beautiful， and you want to root for her。 Altan is so dedicated to his sister， and you see that obsession with revenge grow into his desire to help and protect others。There is a lot of violence and abuse， as one might expect from the blurb but it never feels gratuitous or gross。 Tan portrays the realities of war， famine， and struggle simply and accurately。 I did feel that the book had a slow start and then a very fast climax， so I think my only issue would really be pacing。 Besides that， I really enjoyed！Four stars。 。。。more

Alex_her_books_and_the_rest ，

3。25/5Le livre commence très bien， avec une alternance de points de vue entre Ahn et Altan vraiment intéressante。 L'univers était nouveau pour moi et si j'ai eu du mal au début avec tous les noms propres， ça s'est vite arrangé par la suite。 Il y a quelques clichés propres à la littérature YA mais ça ne m'a pas dérangée plus que ça， au début。 Je regrette cependant pas mal de facilités narratives （l'héroïne qui est perspicace dans certaines situations et très naïve dans d'autres， le héros qui ne p 3。25/5Le livre commence très bien， avec une alternance de points de vue entre Ahn et Altan vraiment intéressante。 L'univers était nouveau pour moi et si j'ai eu du mal au début avec tous les noms propres， ça s'est vite arrangé par la suite。 Il y a quelques clichés propres à la littérature YA mais ça ne m'a pas dérangée plus que ça， au début。 Je regrette cependant pas mal de facilités narratives （l'héroïne qui est perspicace dans certaines situations et très naïve dans d'autres， le héros qui ne pense qu'à se venger， mais pardonne un peu facilement à ses ennemis， la romance qui， si elle est assez choupi n'en reste pas moins prévisible） et surtout un rythme bien trop rapide ！ Les batailles se terminent en quelques lignes et tout se résoud bien trop vite à mon goût ！ Certains personnages sont sous-exploités et les situations s'arrangent trop facilement。 L'épilogue rattrape le tout et nous fait comprendre qu'il y aura une suite。 Je la lirai car je suis intriguée， en espérant que les défauts du premier tome soit effacé。 。。。more

carlotta ，

second dnf book in a row… what a great start of the year

Lesaffairesdelouise ，

J’ai enfin fini ce roman。 Effectivement très très probablement un tome 1。 Mais je ne lirai pas la suuuuite。C’était la première fois que je lisais un roman dans ce type d’univers， ça m’a beaucoup intrigué et je pense que j’en lirai d’autre。 Mais là sinon… je n’ai pas vraiment accroché à l’histoire。 Un bof général et une envie d’abandonner un peu。 J’ai lu les 100 dernière pages en diagonale pour connaître la fin。J’espère qu’un livre de la Owlcrate réussira à me convaincre one day 🥺

Kadie ，

A fine and easy read。 Nothing super crazy but I did enjoy it and it kept me entertained。 I don’t really have any super demanding critiques or praises， but I did like it。 One thing I will say though is I liked Altman and Ahn much more as friends then as a couple。 The romantic part of their relationship often felt forced to me， they seemed to fit much better together as friends。 But I did think that little last scene with them together was cute and authentic。

Priscila Patatas ，

3，5*

Caitlyn Rohrback ，

Overall， I liked the book。 My only complaint is that the ending feels a little rushed in my opinion。 Either the story should have progressed a little faster and made the ending last a little longer or carried on into another book。 My understanding is that this is a standalone book so the epilogue confuses me。 I would have liked to be able to explore this world a little more but unfortunately that’s not the case。 I’m looking forward to reading more books from this author。

Hannah ，

4。8

Abbey Conoley ，

Oh my gosh！ My first 4。5/5 star read of the year！ It doesn’t quite get a 5 star because I feel like the ending was a little rushed。 But oh boy that ending！ I hope there is going to be a sequel！！

Christina Payton ，

DNF 50%Well written， I liked the plot but i just got bored and didn't care about any of the characters DNF 50%Well written， I liked the plot but i just got bored and didn't care about any of the characters 。。。more

Em’ ，

Franchement， c'est dommage。 Le début est ultra addictif， les personnages sont le gros gros point fort de ce livre et chacun d'entre eux a son petit truc qui le rend vraiment attachant。 Mais à partir du milieu de l'histoire ça va beaucoup trop vite， pleins d'éléments ultra importants et sympas sont quasi passés sous silence。 Les batailles font 4 lignes （sans exagérer malheureusement） et je reste sur une sensation de frustration。 Comme si on nous livrait seulement un résumé。 Il y avait énormément Franchement， c'est dommage。 Le début est ultra addictif， les personnages sont le gros gros point fort de ce livre et chacun d'entre eux a son petit truc qui le rend vraiment attachant。 Mais à partir du milieu de l'histoire ça va beaucoup trop vite， pleins d'éléments ultra importants et sympas sont quasi passés sous silence。 Les batailles font 4 lignes （sans exagérer malheureusement） et je reste sur une sensation de frustration。 Comme si on nous livrait seulement un résumé。 Il y avait énormément de potentiel ici et des idées vraiment sympa mais cela n'a pas été exploité ce qui laisse un goût d'inachevé。 Dommage mais j'ai quand même beaucoup apprécié les personnages donc je lirais la suite je pense si elle sort un jour！ 。。。more

Sophie ，

excuse me？？？ i do not think it is very legal to end a book like this i need more

Alex Evans ，

I enjoyed this book。 I loved that it was told in the perspective of 2 main characters and you got to intricately know what each was feeling instead of what 1 was inferring about the other character。 I do wish it had a pronunciation guide but overall I loved it。 The twist in the epilogue makes me want more。

Lilyyyy ，

Ooof I really thought I was going to love this but it fell flat。 The plot？ Meh， very derivative of other popular series。 Characters？ Okay。 Romance？ Weak and unconvincing。 A very convoluted and unsatisfying ya fantasy book that did not understand the assignment （in my opinion。 This book is generally fairly highly rated so I think I just didn’t personally vibe with it。）

Unabridged Bibliophile ，

I enjoyed this， but felt that it could have been a better story if it was stretched out and adult instead of YA。 3。5*s

Kate A ，

This is the kind of book that I didn’t want to put down， full of magic， secrets， and adventure， and it made for such an enjoyable read。There was a lot to love in this book， the world-building was fantastic， I loved the contrast in the different settings and how this affects the characters。 The mythology within the story was amazing， I won’t say too much， but I loved how the history changed depending on who told it and how it became shaped by people in every retelling。 The magic in the book was r This is the kind of book that I didn’t want to put down， full of magic， secrets， and adventure， and it made for such an enjoyable read。There was a lot to love in this book， the world-building was fantastic， I loved the contrast in the different settings and how this affects the characters。 The mythology within the story was amazing， I won’t say too much， but I loved how the history changed depending on who told it and how it became shaped by people in every retelling。 The magic in the book was really interesting， the fact that it had to be hidden in some places but was more welcomed in others added a wonderful dynamic to the story， especially as Ahn struggles to control her abilities。Whilst the writing was engaging and easily sucked me in， the pacing was not quite right in places， I do think there were possibly some middle sections that could have been shortened and more time spent on the ending。 I feel like the story built to a super exciting point but then started to feel rushed， it kind of awkwardly jumped through the last sections and there wasn’t a flow to keep that excitement up， this didn’t stop my enjoyment it just left me a little deflated at the end。The characters were great， I didn’t know how to read Altan at first and I enjoyed seeing him develop as he came up against different obstacles on his journey， Ahn is great from the start， a bit of a mystery even to herself but loving and loyal。 I enjoyed their chemistry but I’m not sure I was entirely sold on their relationship， it was very slow burn which I enjoyed because nobody knows who to trust at a lot of points in the story which is always fun， I can’t put my finger on it but I feel like something was missing。The other characters in the story were also interesting， I am particularly intrigued by Tai Shun and Leiye and wish I got to know more about these two characters especially but I am hoping that since the ending was left a little bit open that this is maybe going to be explored in another book。 Wishful thinking perhaps but I would gladly read more about all of these characters and how their world further evolves after the events of this story。A brilliant debut and I am looking forward to seeing what wonderful worlds this author takes me to next。Originally posted on everywhere and nowhere 。。。more

Michelle RA ，

So， the first 80% of this book was good （minus the ‘romance’） - but the last 20% bit of a let down！ The pacing was good ， the story kinda flowed， I loved the magic， the main plot was fab （especially the twist on the object）， but after it felt like the pacing just went and it felt a bit of a meh！ The romance wasn’t needed - I genuinely feel like it didn’t add much to the story， if anything。The epilogue - I actually want a book on that character， starting from when they were small and to follow th So， the first 80% of this book was good （minus the ‘romance’） - but the last 20% bit of a let down！ The pacing was good ， the story kinda flowed， I loved the magic， the main plot was fab （especially the twist on the object）， but after it felt like the pacing just went and it felt a bit of a meh！ The romance wasn’t needed - I genuinely feel like it didn’t add much to the story， if anything。The epilogue - I actually want a book on that character， starting from when they were small and to follow them to how they got to where we see them 。。。more

Brit ，

"History is never written by its victims。"SynopsisAhn lives on the edge of the ever-growing desert， struggling for survival and hiding a secret that could spell her death。 Altan lives in exile， plotting his revenge on those who killed his family and dreaming of the day he can reclaim his lost throne。 Ahn's secret could help Altan take back his throne， or it could ruin all of his carefully made plans。 What I Liked- The side characters were interesting and I wish we could have gotten more of them！ "History is never written by its victims。"SynopsisAhn lives on the edge of the ever-growing desert， struggling for survival and hiding a secret that could spell her death。 Altan lives in exile， plotting his revenge on those who killed his family and dreaming of the day he can reclaim his lost throne。 Ahn's secret could help Altan take back his throne， or it could ruin all of his carefully made plans。 What I Liked- The side characters were interesting and I wish we could have gotten more of them！- I appreciate a good dual-perspective， and this one worked because both characters had their own journeys to go on。- The author did a really good job incorporating colonialism and how history isn't always fact into this story。What I Didn't Like- It was quite predictable， so you won't be left guessing at too much while reading this one- The similarities to Avatar were sometimes too much？ I love Avatar， so not a huge issue， but at times it felt like copy and paste。- The pacing was iffy for me。 At times we would jump days or weeks ahead， and then spend a lot of time on a few hours。 Age RatingYoung AdultWho I Would Recommend This Book ToFans of Avatar: The Last Airbender， We Hunt the Flame， and the "I may have to kill you but I find myself liking you and that might be a problem" trope。Content to Watch Out ForViolence， self harm， the author has a really good list on her website！ 。。。more

Annalies Bradner ，

Fire wielding priests， magic swords， spies and imperial politics make up June C。L Tan's debut novel。 Her novel follows the lives of two characters， Ahn and Altan。 Ahn a simple peasant girl from the desert who finds out she has a much greater destiny that she had ever hoped for and Altan the boy who had his birth right ripped away from him and is now fighting to get it back。 While I greatly enjoyed the characters I must say they are predictable by following the general YA fantasy plot。 There were Fire wielding priests， magic swords， spies and imperial politics make up June C。L Tan's debut novel。 Her novel follows the lives of two characters， Ahn and Altan。 Ahn a simple peasant girl from the desert who finds out she has a much greater destiny that she had ever hoped for and Altan the boy who had his birth right ripped away from him and is now fighting to get it back。 While I greatly enjoyed the characters I must say they are predictable by following the general YA fantasy plot。 There were no twists or surprises but both characters were loveable in their own ways。 The integration of Chinese imperial dynamics and mythology is great to read in a YA novel。 It really exposes the difference of an another culture and how easy it is to write and incorporate YA outside of a white western world。 I would have loved a map in the book though， as there is a lot of movement around this fantasy world and even though the characters tell you where they are going， I would have loved to actually see where they were going with a map to guide me。 The novel is an easy and simple read， the pace is slow in the beginning and middle and in my opinion moves much too quickly in the end。 The writing style is straightforward to read but for me it lacked depth。 I love falling into the characters mind， watching through their eyes and thoughts as events unfold。 Here though it just felt like I was being told what the character felt and saw。 As its a debut novel， I feel like June。C。L。 Tan has room to grow here to add more depth to her characters。 But other than that， it was a good debut novel that many readers from all different kinds of backgrounds can enjoy。 。。。more

Caro Mélu ，

Une lecture qui aurait pu être excellente… mais qui ne tient malheureusement pas ses promesses。Le roman commence bien : l’univers de fantasy asiatique est intéressant， la plume est simple mais avec un zeste de poésie tout à fait agréable。 Les personnages sont prometteurs…Mais tout part à vau-l’eau :On retrouve des incohérences dans le caractère des personnages （surtout l’héroïne） parce que ça arrange l’autrice pour le développement de l’intrigue （raaaa ！ Les facilités narratives ！） et， surtout， Une lecture qui aurait pu être excellente… mais qui ne tient malheureusement pas ses promesses。Le roman commence bien : l’univers de fantasy asiatique est intéressant， la plume est simple mais avec un zeste de poésie tout à fait agréable。 Les personnages sont prometteurs…Mais tout part à vau-l’eau :On retrouve des incohérences dans le caractère des personnages （surtout l’héroïne） parce que ça arrange l’autrice pour le développement de l’intrigue （raaaa ！ Les facilités narratives ！） et， surtout， rien n’est assez développé， en particulier les scènes d’action。 On a des scènes de batailles qui font trois paragraphes à peine ！ On n’a pas le temps de comprendre ce qui se passe que c’est déjà fini… j’ai parfois eu l’impression de lire un résumé détaillé。 Malgré tout， j’ai eu un gros coup de cœur pour un personnage secondaire （Leiye chouchou） et le texte reste prenant : on a envie de savoir la suite。 C’est pour cela que j’ai mis 3 étoiles （mais en vrai， ça aurait pu être 2）。 。。。more

Ashley ，

I adore this book。 It is a great book with such strong family themes。 It also has a dragon and a phoenix which I love。 Ahn and Altan are such great main characters that have such amazing character development throughout the novel。 There were times I teared up at what was happening and I never tear up at books。 I kept trying to guess what was going to happen in this book， which is something that I am usually pretty good at， but for some reason， with this book I couldn't do that。 And that final ch I adore this book。 It is a great book with such strong family themes。 It also has a dragon and a phoenix which I love。 Ahn and Altan are such great main characters that have such amazing character development throughout the novel。 There were times I teared up at what was happening and I never tear up at books。 I kept trying to guess what was going to happen in this book， which is something that I am usually pretty good at， but for some reason， with this book I couldn't do that。 And that final chapter。。。Wow。 I went straight to goodreads to see if there was a sequel listed， but there is not。 I need a sequel。 The ending felt like set up for one。 I just need more in this world。 。。。more

aaku ᥫ᭡ ，

You know when your expectations are so high but you are only met with disappointment and it feels like being doused with cold water ？ Yeah this book felt exactly like that。 Like I don’t even have a quote to open this review with， which makes my point even more concrete。 The fact is the story was amazing。 The plot was unique in it’s own way （and yes the Chinese folklore and myths weren’t lost on me）。 But the execution was so poor that I was this close to dropping it。 Everything was so rushed that You know when your expectations are so high but you are only met with disappointment and it feels like being doused with cold water ？ Yeah this book felt exactly like that。 Like I don’t even have a quote to open this review with， which makes my point even more concrete。 The fact is the story was amazing。 The plot was unique in it’s own way （and yes the Chinese folklore and myths weren’t lost on me）。 But the execution was so poor that I was this close to dropping it。 Everything was so rushed that I was getting whiplash because I wasn’t even able to process something before the scene was already moving on to the next。 I couldn’t empathize with the characters。 But ofc if I had to choose my favorite character， it has to be Leiye because he was just a tortured soul （see what I did there）。 The storyline was jumbled。 And the girl protagonist had me scratching my head。 Like someone JUST mentioned that this one dude likes to play the flute and when you see someone playing a flute you can’t tell it’s him ？？？ And don’t even get me started on the ending， it was so vague plus weird （for the lack of a better term）。 And oh god the epilogue… What was the point of all of Altan’s misery and suffering then ？？I guess having to complete the whole story in a single book did mean it was going to be a fast paced book but seriously what was this… 。。。more

ev。 ，

Ah， quería tanto que me gustara， pero se queda corto。 Tiene cosas buenas， su apartado más fuerte es la edición， sin problemas dejaría este título como mi coffee table book。 La manera en que está escrito no es del todo mala， pero se siente un poco tosca， entendible para un debut， pero esperaba mucho más。

Allie // Kitasai ，

I'm not sure I was 100% in the mood for this hence the low rating， because normally I'd enjoy a story like this but I found it just Ok。Might read again in the future I'm not sure I was 100% in the mood for this hence the low rating， because normally I'd enjoy a story like this but I found it just Ok。Might read again in the future 。。。more

Justin ，

This was really good。 It had a couple of hiccups that had me confused for a minute and I had to go back and reread， but I loved the characters and the magic was intense without being heavy handed。 4 stars。

Mohera Narimetla ，

Lots of mixed feelings， but overall I think it was a pretty good story！ I thought it started out really strong， but it kind of dwindled at the end and left me wanting。 I didn't completely feel the chemistry between Ahn and Altan。 It was there to some degree， but I think because the author would do things like， "It's been two weeks since we left the palace。。。"， I felt like I didn't get to see as many interactions between the two as I would have liked。 I also didn't feel that the there was a ton o Lots of mixed feelings， but overall I think it was a pretty good story！ I thought it started out really strong， but it kind of dwindled at the end and left me wanting。 I didn't completely feel the chemistry between Ahn and Altan。 It was there to some degree， but I think because the author would do things like， "It's been two weeks since we left the palace。。。"， I felt like I didn't get to see as many interactions between the two as I would have liked。 I also didn't feel that the there was a ton of world building around the system of magic in the book。 I'm the kind of person where I really need that in a fantasy novel， and it felt a tad lacking here。 And lastly， I didn't like how abruptly the story ended。 The conflict felt really minor， even though that should have been the dramatic climax at the end。 Although I was happy with the epilogue， it did leave me with a lot more questions than answers （and not in a good way）。 I know this sounds like a lot of negative stuff， but it was an enjoyable read。 。。。more

Leanne ，

Good few twists and turns。 THE EPILOGUE！？

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