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The Blood Orchid

The Scarlet Alchemist, Book 2

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The Blood Orchid

By: Kylie Lee Baker
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
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The highly anticipated sequel to The Scarlet Alchemist from Sunday Times bestselling author Kylie Lee Baker.

'DAZZLING' CHLOE GONG
'GRIM, LUSH, FASCINATING' GUARDIAN

A YA fantasy duology set in an alternate Tang Dynasty China, where a poor biracial girl with the ability to raise the dead gets caught up in the dangerous political games of the royal family.

Since Zilan entered the world of royal alchemists, she has learned that alchemy comes at a price. She has lost loved ones in her search for justice against the evil Empress and all she wants now is to find some way to bring them back. Resurrection is her specialty, after all.

In search of the myth of Penglai Island, where it's rumoured life can be fully restored, Zilan starts a new adventure. But when old threats come back to haunt her and the path to Penglai Island means facing down unpredictable, sometimes dangerous, alchemists, she wonders just how high of a price she may be willing to pay. . .

©2024 Kylie Lee Baker (P)2024 Hodder & Stoughton Limited Science Fiction & Fantasy Royalty China
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Coming straight in from the big ending of the last book I find is always a dangerous path to take as the pace of the next part will be like that of any book, it will be slower and then makes its way to build up to the finale. There was a lot more story telling, there was more to learn about the history of the people and the history of alchemy itself. The character development that they all went through was a beautiful journey. This is not a romantic story, it’s about love. And now it’s over… I look forward to the next fantasy adventure…

Came straight from the Scarlet Alchemist. Enjoyed it all the way to the end.

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This is a hard review to write. While I definitely enjoyed reading this book, it didn’t feel quite like the Scarlet Alchemist. There’s a bigger focus on fantasy and ambience, which is fine. But I was expecting more of that darkness that made the first book so great. I think it also didn’t help that the romance wasn’t a main plot element. I missed Hong because he’s just so different from all the other love interests in YA.

Great performance, story a bit slow

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