A review by theromantasynerd
Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

adventurous emotional medium-paced

4.0

๐Ÿฆข "๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐š๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ค ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฒ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ."

๐Ÿฆข โ€˜Six Crimson Cranesโ€™ by Elizabeth Lim 

๐Ÿฆข A YA Fantasy Retelling featuring dragons, assassins and lots of magic!

๐Ÿฆข โ€˜Six Crimson Cranesโ€™ is a retelling of the Grimm Brothers โ€˜The Six Swansโ€™ fairytale. It follows Princess Shiori and her brothers after they are cursed. Shiori's brothers are turned into cranes while Shiori finds herself with a bowl over her head and she is unable to speak of her identity or curse without risking her brothers' deaths.

๐Ÿฆข I enjoyed the fact that the pacing stayed quite consistent and managed to keep me glued to it. I loved the world-building and these characters so much and I canโ€™t wait for August to see them again in the sequel โ€˜The Dragonโ€™s Promiseโ€™.

๐Ÿฆข This book does have romance but it is more plot focused. Shiori is such a strong female character. She has to go through so many challenges throughout this book and she never gives up! Iโ€™m very excited to see how much her character continues to grow in the next book.

๐Ÿฆข Limโ€™s writing is so good that I can clearly see in my imagination what sheโ€™s describing. This is the first of her books that Iโ€™ve read and Iโ€™m really intrigued to read the โ€˜Spin the Dawnโ€™ duology as well.