Nghi Vo delivers with another magical story within a story. It’s impressive how well she handles so many moving parts with such grace to craft a rich world and narrative to draw the reader in.

I actually enjoyed this particular installment more than the first. The story felt tighter with a slow but steady development of a curious courtship between a tiger and a scholar. For a novella, there was so much emotion packed into the story through love and tension.

I’m really looking forward to the next installment.