Growing up as an Asian in a Chinese household, it’s practically impossible to not watch Asian gangster or martial arts movies with the family. Jade City is a brilliantly imagined urban high fantasy. If you want to know what the general plot of the book is about, read the synopsis on Goodreads or Amazon it’s completely spoiler-free, and I won’t be bothering you with my unnecessary paraphrasing of the plot description.
"Racehorses, though, they run because they look at the horse on their left, they look at the one on their right, and they think, No way am I second to these fuckers.” “Any old horse will run when it's whipped, but only fast enough to avoid the whipping," Hilo said. I’m really happy that I gave this a read now, I’ve been craving a fantastic Asian-inspired fantasy lately, and Jade City delivered a spectacular Asian-inspired urban fantasy debut. However, after seeing the non-stop praises that Fonda Lee and the book constantly received, as an Asian and avid adult fantasy reader, I knew that I couldn’t delay this any longer.
As usual, the unbeatable TBR pile delayed me, and I was so sure that I won’t be getting into this one until next year. Ever since I knew about the existence of this novel, it has always been a book I wanted to read. Jade City is the first book in The Green Bone Saga, and it is also Fonda Lee’s adult fantasy debut. Incredible, the multiple nominees and awards this book has won are all well deserved.
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