Book review of A Palace Near the Wind by Ai Jiang (opens in new tab)

How do you like your science fiction and fantasy? I will admit to being someone who loves a simple and accessible tale, but the genres can offer so much more than this. There are few genres better equipped to take a reader to truly alien places, to worlds that feel like they were designed in a fever dream. Ai Jiang blends a subtle tale of family and fantasy into a world of wonder in the novel A Palace Near the Wind. Liu Lufeng may be the eldest daughter of the Feng dynasty, but she is one of ...