a clash of steel a treasure island remix

↝Pirates and learning about the “Dragon Fleet” I received a digital advanced reader's copy in exchange for an honest review. Love the 'there's only one bed' and 'our clothes were wet so let's take them off to dry them off even thought there's so much romantic tension between us' tropes? You'll love this.Ĭontent warning: death of loved one, physical violence (sword and fist fight scenes), alcohol consumption I loved Xiang and Anh so much and loved their slow-burn romance. It's also about found family, what it means to trust someone and to find yourself. This book balances the thrills of adventure with the tenderness of first love. I've been craving for a story about Zheng Yi Sao and A Clash of Steel integrates her significance in history into this story. I loved how this book puts Zheng Yi Sao or Cheng Shih, one of the most notorious and most successful pirates - who was a woman! - in history, front and center.

Follows Xiang, a sheltered girl who discovers that the pendant left by her dead father may contain clues to treasure - and goes off on a whirlwind adventure with a motley crew of sailors, including the alluring girl named Anh, in search of treasure - and also herself. A retelling of Treasure Island, darling and daring queer Asian girls go on an adventure in search of legendary treasure. This is probably my favourite pirate book in existence. But the girls soon find that the sea-and especially those who sail it-are far more dangerous than the legends led them to believe. Captivated with the thrill of adventure, she joins Anh and her motley crew off in pursuit of the island. Xiang is convinced this map could lead to the fabled treasure. Rumor has it that the legendary Dragon Queen had one last treasure-the plunder of a thousand ports-hidden away on an island shrouded in mist that only can be seen once in a blue moon. Her only memento of him is a pendant she always wears, a simple but plain piece of gold jewelry.īut the pendant's true nature is revealed when a mysterious girl named Anh steals it, only to return it to Xiang in exchange for her help in decoding the tiny map scroll hidden inside. Xiang desperately wants to set sail and explore-mainly to find her father, a presumed dead crew member of the Dragon Fleet.

Xiang has grown up with stories about the Dragon Fleet and its ruthless leader, a woman known only as the Dragon Queen, all her life. The sun is setting on the golden age of piracy, and the legendary Dragon Fleet, the scourge of the South China Sea, is no more. Two intrepid girls hunt for a legendary treasure on the deadly high seas in this YA remix of the classic adventure novel Treasure Island.ġ826.

A clash of steel a treasure island remix