Shanghai Immortal by A. Y. Chao
Thank you to Netgalley and Hodder & Stoughton for the advance reader copy of Shanghai Immortal in exchange for an honest review.
Shanghai Immortal follows Lady Jing who is half vampire and half hulijing fox spirit. Pawned to the King of Hell by her mother when she was a child she has spent the past ninety years running errands, trying to control her temper and dodging the cruel taunts of the other hulijing courtiers.
When she hears of their plot to steal a dragon pearl from the king she seizes her chance to expose them.
However she has been tasked to watch over a mortal who is helping the King set up the Central Bank of Hell. With him in tow she starts searching for answers however as things start to get more dangerous she begins to question if this is worth the risk.
I really enjoyed this book I thought the ideas throughout were quite original, the world building was good and the characters were well crafted.
I really enjoyed Jings character despite her childish tendencies at the start and her relationship with Mr Lee throughout the book made this a sweet read.
I noticed this was classed as adult fiction which was surprising as it read more YA despite the swear words used throughout.
However that did not stop my enjoyment of this book.
A fun story for fantasy fans with interesting world building and enjoyable characters. I look forward to reading the next book in the series.
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