5⭐️

Alchemical gold keeps the wealthy young forever, but it doesn’t mean they can’t die.

Zilan is broke and wants more than anything to provide for her family by becoming a royal alchemist, something that won’t be possible without the funds required for exam fees and travel.

Good thing Zilan is just a tiny bit morally gray and doesn’t mind doing illegal resurrection magic for spoiled nobles willing to pay.

Zilan makes it to the royal city and quickly realizes her dream may have been more than she bargained for.

The Scarlet Alchemist is one of the coolest books I’ve read in a long time.

What I loved…
- badass FMC that will stop at nothing to achieve her goals and protect her family
- an MMC that is attracted to the FMC for her brains before her beauty
- quirky side characters that you can’t help but love
- Durian the duck