M.H. Boroson
Hardcover | Pages: 288 pages Rating: 3.89 | 3194 Users | 598 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Girl with Ghost Eyes (The Daoshi Chronicles #1) |
| Author | : | M.H. Boroson |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 288 pages |
| Published | : | November 3rd 2015 by Talos |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Urban Fantasy. Fiction. Paranormal |
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It’s the end of the nineteenth century in San Francisco’s Chinatown, and ghost hunters from the Maoshan traditions of Daoism keep malevolent spiritual forces at bay. Li-lin, the daughter of a renowned Daoshi exorcist, is a young widow burdened with yin eyes—the unique ability to see the spirit world. Her spiritual visions and the death of her husband bring shame to Li-lin and her father—and shame is not something this immigrant family can afford.When a sorcerer cripples her father, terrible plans are set in motion, and only Li-lin can stop them. To aid her are her martial arts and a peachwood sword, her burning paper talismans, and a wisecracking spirit in the form of a human eyeball tucked away in her pocket. Navigating the dangerous alleys and backrooms of a male-dominated Chinatown, Li-lin must confront evil spirits, gangsters, and soulstealers before the sorcerer’s ritual summons an ancient evil that could burn Chinatown to the ground.
With a rich and inventive historical setting, nonstop martial arts action, authentic Chinese magic, and bizarre monsters from Asian folklore, The Girl with Ghost Eyes is also the poignant story of a young immigrant searching to find her place beside the long shadow of a demanding father and the stigma of widowhood. In a Chinatown caught between tradition and modernity, one woman may be the key to holding everything together.
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| Original Title: | The Girl with Ghost Eyes |
| ISBN: | 1940456363 (ISBN13: 9781940456362) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Daoshi Chronicles #1 |
| Setting: | Chinatown, San Francisco, California,1898(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Colorado Gold Award for Best Speculative Fiction |
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Ratings: 3.89 From 3194 Users | 598 ReviewsComment On Based On Books The Girl with Ghost Eyes (The Daoshi Chronicles #1)
One of those books that is very difficult to put down after you've started, The Girl with Ghost Eyes is an absolutely thrilling joyride through the streets of San Francisco's Chinatown in the late 1800's. The story centers on a young Daoist priestess/widow named Li-Lin, who's navigating her way through not only life after her husband's death, but also the spirit and ghoul infested streets of Chinatown. After being betrayed by someone close to her, she embarks on a quest for revenge andAnd to think I almost missed this one. Normally Book Bub is a hit or miss (they're terrible when it comes to offering more diverse reads and I know for a fact that there are a LOT of great books with lead characters of color just waiting for a chance to be discovered), but somehow this ended up as an offering and I'm so glad I grabbed it. Needless to say, this would make a killer Netflix series. Strong Asian heroine, a sense of the lives of Chinese immigrants in turn of the century San
I loved this one. Li-Lin can see demons and otherworldly creatures. Her father thought he cured her of this dread condition, but she lied to make him feel better. When an evil man traps her spirit outside of her body, hoping to find a demon to inhabit it and kill her father, she foils the trap but things go downhill from there. The world building was stellar and the character development was so detailed it felt like these people lived next door although their alternate history Chinatown world is
I've had my eyes on this for quite a while now, so I was very excited to see that Book Riot's 2017 Read Harder Challenge gave me another reason to read it. And, I'm so glad I did! I think that The Girl With Ghost Eyes is going to go down as one of my favorite reads of 2017, in fact. I found myself completely hooked and engrossed by Li-Lin's San Francisco. If you're a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Supernatural, Spirited Away, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, I have a feeling that you will
The Girl with Ghost Eyes is such a cool novel! It invents a whole new genre, a blend of kung fu, Daoist magic, crazy monsters, tong wars, immigrant narrative, female empowerment, spiritual journey, and social realism. I googled to see what things look like.19th-c Chinatown:Yellow paper talismans:Peachwood sword:Creatures:
The Girl with Ghost Eyes is such a cool novel! It invents a whole new genre, a blend of kung fu, Daoist magic, crazy monsters, tong wars, immigrant narrative, female empowerment, spiritual journey, and social realism. I googled to see what things look like.19th-c Chinatown:Yellow paper talismans:Peachwood sword:Creatures:
This was a four and a half/five star read for me. It contains a lot of things I enjoy: a well written female protagonist, history, folklore, kung-fu. There was plenty of action to keep the pace up and I liked that the characters were well rounded. (Even the main big bad in this, well we are given some motivation for their actions--they could have very easily fallen into the mustache twirling type of villain, but I feel like that was narrowly avoided, yay). Really looking forward to reading more
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