Sword by Da Chen
Jul. 16th, 2012 09:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meganbmooreSword is a YA wuxia novel that alternates between realistic pseudo-history and over the top wuxia fantasy. When Miu Miu turns 15 her mother tells her that her father, a swordmaker, did not drown, as Miu has always been told, but instead was murdered by the emperor so that he would never make a sword better than the one he made for the emperor, and that she has to marry the son of her father's apprentice so that he can avenge her father since the family has no biological sons. Miu decides that she'll do the avenging herself, engages in some crossdrssing, and sets off for the capital. Adventures ensue.
It starts off fairly predictable (in a good way) and has the "tried and true" feel to the over-all plot until about 3/4 through when suddenly nothing is going the way you were expecting anymore and you have no idea what will happen next. The ending felt a bit "easy" in some ways but it's pretty fun, and does a good job turning wuxia tropes and expectations on their heads.
It starts off fairly predictable (in a good way) and has the "tried and true" feel to the over-all plot until about 3/4 through when suddenly nothing is going the way you were expecting anymore and you have no idea what will happen next. The ending felt a bit "easy" in some ways but it's pretty fun, and does a good job turning wuxia tropes and expectations on their heads.