Unfortunately, I wasn’t sure exactly whyJin-mei felt she had to follow Yang. Now, Yang is on the run, with Jin-Mei determined to follow him. Jin-mei’s father, however, is not thrilled about this arrangement, a fact which becomes obvious when he tries to have Yang murdered on the wedding night. The assassin, a salt smuggler named Bao Yang, is on the run, trying to reconstruct his conspiracy for a second shot, when a flirtation with magistrate’s daughter Tan Jin-mei traps them into marriage. The book picks up where The Sword Dancer leaves off, after a failed assassination attempt on a general named Wang. I wasn’t inspired to root for the hero, and the heroine’s motivations are best described as “vague.” While the setting was, as always, unique, it was not as detailed as I recalled from earlier works, and the plot felt rushed. But on the whole, the book was not what I’d hoped for. Don’t get me wrong I’d still take it over most other categories, and even over some longer, more detailed works.
I’ve really enjoyed previous Jeannie Lin books, but A Dance With Danger felt to me like a Tang Dynasty version of wallpaper regencies.
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