This had a lot of things I loved and the writing was flawless.

Jo had potential to be a huge issue for me. I can't stand timid girls who just accept abuse and being put down. While Jo is definitely not a loud modern feminist, she was a likeable character that I just couldn't not be empathetic towards. Her personality is logical based on the time period and being Chinese in the US. She picks and chooses how she expresses her frustrations in smart ways. She's clearly a very passionate and caring person which I can't imagine that being easy when you're consistently the target of abuse.

I loved that this book acknowledged what the suffragette movement was at the time (spoiler, it was racist as hell). We don't really acknowledge that as much as we should.

And GLORY GLORY GLORY there was a lineage reveal which *finger gun* hi, I'm Samm and you auto earn a 0.5 star rating increase when you include a lineage reveal.