368 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)
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Language: English
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To rescue her family from poverty and avoid marrying her slope-shouldered cousin, seventeen-year-old Orchid competes to be one of the Emperor's wives. When she is chosen as a lower-ranking concubine she enters the erotically charged and ritualised...
Community Reviews Summary of 904 reviews
Moods
informative 53%
reflective 46%
sad 42%
tense 42%
dark 23%
inspiring 23%
adventurous 19%
mysterious 15%
challenging 11%
hopeful 11%
lighthearted 3%
relaxing 3%
Pace
slow 37%
fast 3%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 52% | Character: 42% | Plot: 4%Strong character development?
Yes: 77% | No: 13% | It's complicated: 9%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 47% | No: 23% | Yes: 23% | N/A: 4%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 61% | It's complicated: 19% | No: 14% | N/A: 4%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 52% | No: 28% | It's complicated: 19%Average rating
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368 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Not specified
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: Not specified
Description
To rescue her family from poverty and avoid marrying her slope-shouldered cousin, seventeen-year-old Orchid competes to be one of the Emperor's wives. When she is chosen as a lower-ranking concubine she enters the erotically charged and ritualised...
Community Reviews Summary of 904 reviews
Moods
informative 53%
reflective 46%
sad 42%
tense 42%
dark 23%
inspiring 23%
adventurous 19%
mysterious 15%
challenging 11%
hopeful 11%
lighthearted 3%
relaxing 3%
Pace
slow 37%
fast 3%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 52% | Character: 42% | Plot: 4%Strong character development?
Yes: 77% | No: 13% | It's complicated: 9%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 47% | No: 23% | Yes: 23% | N/A: 4%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 61% | It's complicated: 19% | No: 14% | N/A: 4%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 52% | No: 28% | It's complicated: 19%Average rating
Content Warnings
This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!
If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.