Young adult novel merges Chinese history with 'Snow White' fairy tale
In 2017, Julie C. Dao’s explosive debut novel, "Forest of a Thousand Lanterns," lit up the young adult literary scene with its blend of mythology and drama in an origin story for the Evil Queen in “Snow White.” Dao’s back this time telling Snow White’s side of the story in “Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix.”
I love fairy tales, and I love YA novels. So why am I ambivalent about “Phoenix”? Let’s discuss.
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