The outstanding (and very original) plot device here is the apparent suicide of Wen Bao Zhu. There seem to be no clues in the year 2013-set chapters of her fate seven years later. Assuming her death WAS a suicide, of course. This event could also hint at Asian traditions such as seppuku, which are ... view book

My mother was a probationary counselor for adolescents. Even though that was decades ago, and in the U.S., your book bought back tons of memories of my observing her sessions right back to life as if they happened yesterday. This book is dead-on realistic, down to the smallest details. No doubt t... view book

My mother was a probationary counselor for adolescents. Even though that was decades ago, and in the U.S., your book bought back tons of memories of my observing her sessions right back to life as if they happened yesterday. This book is dead-on realistic, down to the smallest details. No doubt t... view book

Excellent writing, composition, narrative flow and character insights. Plot and story arc are "conventional paranormal romance", and I am not saying this in a negative way. Great writing makes "conventional" plots come alive, as is the case here. I would have made a few different word choices her... view book

This reads like a non-fiction book, which IS what you intended! .;^) In my novel "Vampire Syndrome", newly-turned Down Syndrome vampire Jack Wendell quickly discovers how much of the classic folklore is wrong. "...I'm already by the window and sunlight is coming in. I'd be burning up by now if t... view book