Book: The
Scarlet Alchemist
Author:
Kylie Lee Baker
Pages: 432
Date
Read: July 22nd, 2024 to August 1st, 2024
Date
Published: October 3rd, 2023
Rating:
5/5
Review
Set in an alternative China, Fan Zilans story is an exciting spectacular full of magic, monsters, an evil queen, and even a deep and expansive magic system.
In this truly dark tale Fan Zilan works to achieve her goals, falls in love, and battles a truly evil queen or in this case, empress. This story was full of so many twists and turns, I couldn't get enough of it. The ending, while leaving room for the upcoming sequel, still was well written and satisfying.
This story has a lot of important themes such as family, morality, classism, race and gender. The story itself is an excellent blend of historical fiction, fantasy, and horror where the true horror isn't the monsters but the ruling elite.
Zilan is an interesting character that has tremendous growth. Her story is fascinating and she herself is a well crafted, deep and unique heroine.
This is a book so good you'll preorder the next one before finishing it.
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