Review: Quick, fun read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 6, 2012
Capturing a Silken Thief by Jeannie Lin was a quick, fun read. Set in Changan during the Tang Dynasty in China 823 A.D, we follow the heroine, Yang Jia-jing, and the hero, Luo Cheng through about 56 pages of a richly detailed novella.Jia is a young song girl who plays the Pipa while Luo Cheng is a farmer boy who has studied for the Imperial Exams, which he has already failed once. If he fails again, he will be forced to return home in shame.Jia mistakes Cheng for a scholar in possession of a rare treasured book. Eventually, the end up  searching for the book together. It's a brief romp through Changan, but full of fun and adventure.More happens, but you'll have to read Capturing the Silken Thief for yourself to find out what, and how the story ends.I enjoyed reading this short novella immensely, and it was my first time reading Jeannie Lin. I'll be reading more of her books for sure. (Come back next week to find out what I thought of Jeannie Lin's book, "butterfly Swords".On a Star rating, this is a **** for sure. Leaning toward 4.25 stars. I do suggest this if you want a quick read and haven't read Ms. Lin before.