Review: Romance in China
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 18, 2011
I have seen Jeannie Lin's first title, Butterfly Swords, on so many lists of contest results, and admired her interest in a time and place (8th century China) that falls so far outside the accepted range for romance novels.  Then I saw a preview of her next book, The Dragon and the Pearl, at the RWA conference in New York, and realized I'd been missing out on a really good writer.When I got home I downloaded The Taming of Mei Lin and Butterfly Swords.  Mei Lin is set forty years before Butterfly Swords, so I read that first and enjoyed it very much. Jeannie fit a full romance, with well-drawn characters and setting, into a short piece.Butterfly Swords is next on my list, and I'll be watching for her next book and its companion story in the fall.