“I see Jade, I see fire….and I see gold. The three are bound together.” Visualize mountains of sand, orange colors on a purplish and red sky. A land of contrast with lush bamboo forests and large dessert plains.

Jade Fire Gold, a story told from two POV’s, Ahn and Atlan. Atlan is an exiled prince in search of revenge and wants nothing more than to take back his throne. Ahn a peasant girl; live is though for Ahn and her grandmother Ama. The land is being tormented by an fast growing desert which is consuming more and more land making it harder for everyone, except the empire, to survive. Besides that the land is at point of war and everyone who possesses magic is being prosecuted by an cult of Priests. When Ahn discovers she has powers, she decides to flee, to keep Ama safe. When Atlan and Ahn, out of necessity, join forces they discover there fate is bound together.

Yesterday I finished Jade Fire Gold. An action packed young adult novel with a dual POV based on Chinese mythology with clear influences from Wuxia movies. I enjoyed this book, but I wasn’t blown away by it. Although it was an easy read with lots of beautiful imagery, lovely characters and an interesting story we just didn’t click. It had everything going for it, the story was great I liked both characters and the writing was poetic, but it wasn’t for me. Nothing wrong with this book, I even think a lot will like it especially if you like Wuxia or Chinese mythology, but this was just a nice read for me. Which resulted in a good solid 3.5 stars.