Jade War

Green Bone Saga is heating up!!

I loved Jade War. It is a much more ambitious book than Jade City, but the things it pulls off are very impressive. The tension is kept at a high simmer throughout the entire thing and the key events had me very invested! One of my favorite aspects of Jade War is how it deals with cultural assimilation and cultural identity and opens the world up more than we'd gotten previously. It also delves so much more into all our of main characters and they all feel very well developed and like real people. The sibling relationships continue to be a huge standout of this series.

I also appreciate that Fonda Lee uses action sequences with purpose. Nothing wrong with lots of action in a book, but Lee chooses her moment, and you always feel the stakes of every single action sequence, and understand exactly why they're happening. Fonda Lee is becoming one of my favorite authors already!

I gave Jade War a slightly lower rating than Jade City, although I think with time I may like it a bit more. There was a plot thread I thought was finished up too easily and that detracted a tad from my overall feelings.

9.5/10

I cannot wait to get to Jade Legacy this month.