Peony in Love

I found this book to be more compelling than Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. I admired her historical research & attention to detail in both books, but I became much more involved in this story. Which is weird, because Snow Flower was primarily a story of female friendship and this was more of a love story (love at first sight, even, which I usually kind of hate), and normally I'd take a friendship story over a love story any day.