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The Gilded Fan (2013)

by Christina Courtenay(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1781890080 (ISBN13: 9781781890080)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Choc Lit

series

Kumashiro Saga

review 1: Oh dear. So much writing potential, but it felt like alot of it was wasted up against the wall. The first part of the story was 'meh' as they say, but bearable. The story is based upon Midori, the daughter of Taro and Hannah, and Nico Noordholt, the love interest. Midori, in my mind, was such an emotionless robot there was nothing attractive that I could find, despite Nicos thoughts about her, and Nico was such a obsessive boring prat. I was so upset when I read the first chapter though, I was hoping there was to be more of Hannah/Taro and their story further down the line with their children, but no. First chapter you find out Taro was killed in a hunting accident and Hannah died of an illness which was never really elaborated on, I cant believe how disposable they... more were to the author. Anyway, the story was fine up until they arrived in Plymouth, when it suddenly became bland and tasteless (I am also a tad ashamed to admit that I was reading these parts to bore myself to sleep at night). I also wanted to slap Midori/Nico around the chops and tell them to get it over with and screw already, and lo and behold, as soon as that happened everything was hunky dory. WHAT?! Then suddenly the war was over, they got married and Nico got a job offer which entailed him going to live in Dejima. Happy days.
review 2: A very interesting book which kept me turning the pages. It was a fascinating insight into the life of a young girl fleeing possible death in her homeland of Japan. She goes in search of her mother's relatives in England but encounters the unwanted attentions of an all male crew during her voyage, she finds love along the way and after meeting her new found family in England, gets drawn into the war erupting there,eventually using her martial art skills in battle. The story kept a good pace, with believable characters and an endearing, feisty heroine. I really enjoyed this book and would definitely read more by Christina Courtenay. less

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