Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Red Phoenix Dark Heavens, 2. The only complaint I had about this book was remarkable Emma. Everything she did or said was deemed remarkable. It got irritating real fast. At times I found Emma annoying and domineering, heck bitchy even. Don't get me wrong, I like Emma and I like this series but the author really needs to cool it with the whole remarkable thing.
Oh yeah and the sex scenes between Emma and John were ridiculous. They finally get an opportunity to touch and he just falls on her. And she's okay with th The only complaint I had about this book was remarkable Emma. And she's okay with that. The relationship between Emma and John moves in odd directions in this story. John continues to weaken while Emma's powers are growing by leaps and bounds. I wasn't surprised that Emma could shift forms but it was fun to read about.
I continue to enjoy the glimpses of Chinese culture and the mythology woven throughout the whole series. It's enlightening and yet entertaining. I'll be reading Blue Dragon shortly to see how it all ends. I can't wait. Mar 08, Starfire rated it liked it Shelves: , urban-fantasy , mythology , martial-arts. There's probably nothing I can say to describe this book more succinctly than the comment I made in one of my status updates: that it makes me think of the unholy lovechild of Mortal Kombat and a pulp paranormal romance and actually, thinking about it, a young Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa makes a nice visual representation of John Chen too!
I think the story would have been an immeasurably better read if the author stopped the constant Mary-Sueing with Emma, started giving her some genuine flaws and de There's probably nothing I can say to describe this book more succinctly than the comment I made in one of my status updates: that it makes me think of the unholy lovechild of Mortal Kombat and a pulp paranormal romance and actually, thinking about it, a young Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa makes a nice visual representation of John Chen too!
I think the story would have been an immeasurably better read if the author stopped the constant Mary-Sueing with Emma, started giving her some genuine flaws and depth, and included characters who didn't like her for genuine reasons that lasted longer than a few pages before the character in question 'saw the light' and started loving Emma as much as the author. Then again, I get the impression Ms Chan realised what she was doing because halfway through the book, she actually started lampshading it - characters started giving Emma gold coins whenever they had been going to say how remarkable she was.
Which was cute, but wasn't as good from a characterisation viewpoint as an actual 3D character would have been. Again, the mythology woven through it was great, the martial arts descriptions were fun, and there were even baby steps towards sex scenes. As with Book 1, I finished it hoping the author's writing will grow and improve over time.
But there's enough good stuff to keep me reading - at least until the next book anyway. I decided that after my rather harsh review of White Tiger I would give the second book in this series a chance just to see if the author decided that over-writing a novel to make it a very long novel, is not the way to keep readers happy.
Some readers enjoy a sparer sort of prose. I almost get the feeling that the author thinks her readers are not the sharpest knives in the drawer a I decided that after my rather harsh review of White Tiger I would give the second book in this series a chance just to see if the author decided that over-writing a novel to make it a very long novel, is not the way to keep readers happy.
Feb 19, Patricia rated it did not like it Shelves: series , urban-fantasy , authors-a-b-c , fantasy. This is a rambly, repetitive book featuring a Mary Sue protagonist, dull characters and recycled plot devices and character introduction and development.
There is little to no progression in the plot other throwing new characters into Mr Chen's world which requires them to go through the same shock and disbelief process of accepting the fantastical. The prose is lifeless and too simplistic and reused Borrow this book, but definitely do not buy l This is a rambly, repetitive book featuring a Mary Sue protagonist, dull characters and recycled plot devices and character introduction and development. Borrow this book, but definitely do not buy like I did.
Overall, a weak, lazy follow-up to Book One''s potential. It reads like a run-on sentence; all filler, no substance. I don't understand how this book could get over 4 stars. Dec 01, Heather King rated it did not like it. I thought I could live through the things I didn't like from the 1st book, but the stakes were raised with a sex scene which had more to do with rape and the cycle of spousal abuse than it did intimacy and partnership.
That was it for me. Done, moving on to better things. View 1 comment. Every time I picked it up I didn't want to put it back down. I'm actually a little annoyed at myself for waiting so long after finishing the first book to read this one because I'd already started forgetting some of the details about the characters and minor plot points.
But I think I actually ended up enjoying this one even more than book one. The plot was even more crazy this time around and so many more reveals took place, especially in the second half. The characters continued to waver back and forth between being likable and downright annoying.
They seemed to have some weird out of character moments, especially Leo at the end. The sex scenes were also very awkward and not written well at all. I also thought that things were overly described. The descriptions of Hong Kong and Chinese culture that I liked so much in White Tiger were almost to the point of annoying this time. It felt like the author was just throwing in names and descriptions of places just to show off her local Hong Kong knowledge.
Despite my negative feelings about the writing, it was still such a fast paced and captivating read. The plot had me hooked the entire time, especially the last third of the book when so much stuff happened! Jun 20, Cris Cuthbertson rated it it was amazing. Love it. Had a quiet on call shift and read this in less than 24 hours. Some of the stuff in this series is totally cheesy, but there are a few core characters who develop slowly over time and its rollicking fun.
There are some things in the story that bothers me, but overall the story is fun and has some good comedy moments. Jul 02, Erin rated it it was ok. There's a lot of interesting content in this series around Chinese mythology, and the stories are action-packed. While there are definite annoyances in the author's style, I found myself interested enough about what happens next to keep reading.
The character faces challenges - she and the God who loves her are engaged but can never touch. His energy is fading and he will have to leave her and his daughter eventually and may not be back for a lifetime. Lots of demons try to kill them. There's even a sort of running joke that people keep telling the main character she's extraordinary, but also just an ordinary human. A perfect protagonist with superhuman skills who keeps pulling deus ex machinas out of her handbag pretty much spoils the suspense.
Mar 13, Nipuna Edirisinghe rated it really liked it. Some conversation between characters are slightly choppy but overall I really enjoy this book. Aug 30, Kara-karina rated it it was amazing. UPD: it's still a great read on a re-read five years later! Actually structurally better than The White Tiger. Enjoyed it! It took me 5 hours straight to read this book.
That's how good it was. Again, non-stop action, fantastic battles, lots of intense situations, and Emma! I would never have thought in a million years she can be that. I was blown away. Emma and John have some really sweet moments, and there is a lot going on. Obviously now, t UPD: it's still a great read on a re-read five years later! Obviously now, that she is Regent, there are plenty of assassination attempts on her life, especially on behalf of One Two Two aka Simon Wong, a disgusting demon who absolutely doesn't follow the code of honour and uses every awful malicious trick in the book to bring John's head to his dad.
Emma hires a new addition to Simone's bodyguards, a young and talented boy. She is also quite busy with other duties helping John to rebuild the mountain and train new warriors.
John gets more and more drained of energy and it looks like they won't even have promised two years together. Even Simone's talents progress much faster than John thought and the girl finally finds out the whole truth about her dad. There are couple of annoying moments. I didn't like how everyone kept telling Emma that she is extraordinary and how confident she was and how self-sacrificing to the point of being ridiculous. But perhaps I'm looking at it from the western point of view, and from the eastern point of view it was quite natural and expected.
Again there are plenty of fascinating details in book 2 to keep you hooked, and now I can't wait to find out what's going to happen in grand finale!
Apr 07, Robert rated it really liked it. I started reading this second book in the series with great expectations. A debut author, plenty of improvement, a great story with some magic and martial arts It was worth it: this book is just as enjoyable as the first one.
There is a definite improvement to the author's style, as the characters become more solid, and the plot opens up in many directions.
Unfortunately, these characters sometimes tend to behave in ways that are not quite realistic and human-like, but at the same time I had mo I started reading this second book in the series with great expectations. Kylie Chan Unfortunately, presently we don't have information regarding the artisan Kylie Chan. Nonetheless, we might take pleasure in if you have almost any information about this, and are ready to provide this.
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