Book Review - The Ghost Bride

 

3.5 stars

    Li Lan is the daughter of a bankrupt family and because of it, she has few prospects for her future. But everything changes when the powerful Lim family proposes for her to be a ghost bride. Now Li Lan has to deal with mortal, immortal and dead beings while she tries to uncover the secrets of this wealthy household.

    My favorite character was Er Lang, without a doubt, he was bold and quick to protect the main character when needed. I liked especially the scenes when Li Lan is between planes and I found this story very rich culturally. I liked to discover what and who was behind Lim's son's death, the interactions between the members of his family, and all the mischief of the ghosts in the other plane. 

   I didn't enjoy the pace of the story, it was very slow and hard to unfold particularly in the second part. Although Li Lan made some bad decisions during the novel, I still think she was very strong and determined through her misfortunes.

    So, I think this book should be read, it's a little slow in my opinion but I found it very enlightening about a part of Malacca's culture, and the ending surprised me quite a bit, I was pleased by the way things turned out. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in Easter stories. I don't think I read any book like that yet. That's it, bye!