A Blade So Black

There is no racism in this book, not against white people, black people, or people of any other color, ethnicity or nationality. I read it quickly, and I liked the Alice references, except for the thing a lot of people make, by not understanding that the Queen of Hearts has nothing to do with the White and the Red Queen - two very different games, cards and chess, from two different books. I can understand most people just throw the two books in one basket, and forget that the world “through the looking glass” is not Wonderland. Maybe they never got it. Another classic destroyed by Disney :-DBut - that being said, I did like the mythology L.L.McKinney created for her Wonderland, with the Royal family, introducing the BLACK Queen... I am also fascinated by her Wonderland and glad that she created something own, like the Bubbles and the scary forest of the blind thief, and the shattered sky... fascinating.This really isn't an independent novel, but the first of a series of novels, and I'm looking after reading the next book. I hope it won't be a disappointment, like so many other sequels.Now, to the other issue, which really is irrelevantI read this book because of the L.L.McKinney vs. Amélie Wen Zhao issue, and I decided to read this one first, simply because it was published first.Now... I find it unfair to push all the hatred on L.L.McKinney, and to bash her books because of it, because she didn't start the ruckus, and her reaction is fully understandable, concerning where she comes from. Most USonians don't know anything about the history, slavery and other issues in any other country, and very little about these things even in USA, except those that concern themselves. L.L.McKinney, being a black USonian woman, would naturally interpret what she read as she did, and react on it the way she did. There is absolutely nothing horrible, offensive, mean, or inappropriate in that. Now, I haven't yet read Amélie Wen Zhao's book, but I don't think it is racist, because she is talking about the slavery that is familiar to her, that in China. But, more about that in the review of that book. Also, Amélie Wen Zhao's book has been published, [b:Blood Heir 42359583 Blood Heir (Blood Heir Trilogy, #1) Amélie Wen Zhao https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1544518401l/42359583.SY75.jpg 59875090] only half a year later from the original publishing date, and she is working on the sequel, so all this brouhaha didn't damage her career, reputation, writing at all, so stop punishing people!