The Spindle of Fate

I went to college with Aimee and she’s wickedly talented so not surprised this turned out to be a 5 star read!! Not only was it funny and empowering, but the Chinese mythology was fascinating and woven in incredibly well. Yay Aimee!......more

The biggest issue I had with this is that I want more of it. Seriously, that ended way too abruptly. I needed like another fifty pages at least. Evie was strong-minded and stubborn about rescuing her mother. From the beginning, we know they had a difficult relationship but she still decides to do wha......more

Finding out you are descended from a god sounds very Percy Jackson coded, but is actually a common baseline for many mythology retellings. For Evie Mei Huang, she finds out in an… interesting and upsetting way. While all of her adult family members are mourning the death (sans body) of her mother,......more

I really enjoyed this. More than I thought I was going to at first. It started out feeling almost childish in tone and content. The characters felt very young and immature. But then once the story gets going, Evie Mei first gets an infusion of hope and determination, overcomes a series of obstacles,......more

It was a cute story and covered big themes. I think though there were still a ton of loose ends after reading between characters and plot. It does seem like it may have been set up to potentially have a sequel. I think the problem lies with too much was added then couldn’t be taken care of by the en......more