Red Phoenix
Dark Heavens Book Two

There's probably nothing I can say to describe this book more succinctly than the comment I made in one of my status updates: that it makes me think of the unholy lovechild of Mortal Kombat and a pulp paranormal romance (and actually, thinking about it, a young Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa makes a nice visu......more

I decided that after my rather harsh review of White Tiger I would give the second book in this series a chance just to see if the author decided that over-writing a novel to make it a very long novel, is not the way to keep readers happy. Some readers enjoy a sparer sort of prose. Well Ms Chan stil......more

I still don't care for Emma as a character, but I am enjoying John and Bai Hu tho. There are some things in the story that bothers me, but overall the story is fun and has some good comedy moments.......more

UPD: it's still a great read on a re-read five years later! Actually structurally better than The White Tiger. Enjoyed it! 12/02/2016 Absolutely loved it! It took me 5 hours straight to read this book. 560 pages. That's how good it was. Again, non-stop action, fantastic battles, lots of intense situat......more

I started reading this second book in the series with great expectations. A debut author, plenty of improvement, a great story with some magic and martial arts... It was worth it: this book is just as enjoyable as the first one. There is a definite improvement to the author's style, as the characters......more