Thursday, August 28, 2025

The Blood Phoenix by Amber Chen - ADVISABLE

The Blood Phoenix (Fall of the Dragon #2 ) by Amber Chen
, 464 pages. Viking (Penguin), 2025. $17 

Language: PG-13 (18 swears, 0 ‘f'); Mature Content: PG-13 ( kissing and drinking); Violence: PG-13 (bloody deaths) 

BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS - ADVISABLE 

APPEALS TO: SEVERAL 

20yo Ying and her fellow engineering competitors are called back together to help the kingdom fight off the pirates and stop the deadly attacks that are occurring. Ying and Ye-Yang haven’t spoken and they both continue to have feelings for each other. Ying isn’t sure if she can get over his past deception. Ying enjoys working with her engineer friends and wants to stop the pirates from killing anyone else. She discovers there’s more to the attacks and the Blood Phoenix than the rulers think and it puts her friends and loved ones in terrible danger.

I like how the friends from the engineering competition are brought together to help the kingdom fight off the pirates. The comrades work well together. The relationship between Ye-Yang and Ying is topsy turvy and adds to the storyline. I love how much Ying and her sister Nian care about each other. The ethnicity is based on Asian characteristics and mentions pearl skin and bronze skin.

 LynnDell Watson, DHS Librarian, Delta, Utah 

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