Waiting on Wednesday [#41] — Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh – The Leaning Tower of Tomes
Waiting on Wednesday [#41] — Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh
March 29, 2017 March 19, 2017 Mallory @ The Leaning Tower of Tomes
Releases May 16th, 2017 from G.P. Putnam’s Sons BFYR
Asian setting! Specifically Japan. Which means samurai. And there’s a girl pretending to be a boy. Which will definitely confuse the heck out of her two love interests — I’m assuming it’ll be a love triangle, since both boys were mentioned in the blurb. I’m okay with that, if it’s done well. But the best part of all… apparently this is a Mulan retelling???!!!!! Except… Mulan is a Chinese legend, and this story is set in Japan??? Like, why? Why can’t you set a Mulan retelling in China? Well, apparently this is ALSO a 47 Ronin retelling, so a mash-up of two stories, and 47 Ronin is set in Japan. So I guess that’s why Renee Ahdieh chose to set her story in Japan, perhaps the 47 Ronin elements are more prevalent than the Mulan elements. But still… as a Chinese American always looking for protagonists who are of Chinese heritage, this disappoints me a bit. Nonetheless, I’m looking forward to Flame in the Mist. I’ve never read a Mulan retelling of any kind, so this should be interesting.
Are you looking forward to reading Flame in the Mist?
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Waiting on Wednesday [#41] — Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh – The Leaning Tower of Tomes
Waiting on Wednesday [#41] — Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh
March 29, 2017 March 19, 2017 Mallory @ The Leaning Tower of Tomes
Releases May 16th, 2017 from G.P. Putnam’s Sons BFYR
Asian setting! Specifically Japan. Which means samurai. And there’s a girl pretending to be a boy. Which will definitely confuse the heck out of her two love interests — I’m assuming it’ll be a love triangle, since both boys were mentioned in the blurb. I’m okay with that, if it’s done well. But the best part of all… apparently this is a Mulan retelling???!!!!! Except… Mulan is a Chinese legend, and this story is set in Japan??? Like, w
hy? Why can’t you set a Mulan retelling in China? Well, apparently this is ALSO a 47 Ronin retelling, so a mash-up of two stories, and 47 Ronin is set in Japan. So I guess that’s why Renee Ahdieh chose to set her story in Japan, perhaps the 47 Ronin elements are more prevalent than the Mulan elements. But still… as a Chinese American always looking for protagonists who are of Chinese heritage, this disappoints me a bit. Nonetheless, I’m looking forward to Flame in the Mist. I’ve never read a Mulan retelling of any kind, so this should be interesting.
Are you looking forward to reading Flame in the Mist?
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