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A review by JC Kang Mean Girls meets Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon…on ice! (or I, Tonya meets Jin Yong) As an wuxia film aficionado, and the parent of two… - The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang
A review by JC Kang The Poppy War’s darkness meets The Last Airbender’s elemental magic. Being a second world conflict between China and Japan, M. L…. - Nightblade by Ryan Kirk
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A review by JC Kang Today is May 4, coincidentally the 99th anniversary of the first popular protest in China’s history. Due to the somber… - Jade City by Fonda Lee
A review by JC Kang Aficionados of Hong Kong Cinema, hear me out: Imagine Chow Yun-Fat in one of his classic ‘90s Triad movies, but… - Never Die by Rob J. Hayes
A review by JC Kang “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon meets The Walking Dead.” As an ethnic Chinese martial arts practitioner, I have a love-hate relation with Wuxia…. - Tales of the Otori by Lian Hearn
A review by JC Kang Japanese Game of Thrones. I was first drawn to Japanese samurai stories as a nine-year-old, when the miniseries based on… - Unsouled by Will Wight
A review by JC Kang The Monkey King meets Up. For a novel entitled Unsouled, Will Wight’s prototypical story has a lot of soul. I’d picked it… - Nightblade’s Vengeance by Ryan Kirk
A review by JC Kang Shogun meets the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy. With over a thousand reviews on Amazon, Ryan Kirk’s Nightblade trilogy is perhaps the… - The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
A review by JC Kang Reviewer’s Note: Upon finishing this novella, which took six days the first time around, I immediately wrote an initial review… - Descendant of the Crane by Joan He
A Review by JC Kang One of my favorite parts of writing reviews is coming up with a snappy tagline that compares the book in…