“There is a saying among us who work there: Palace secrets must never get out, or else inevitably there will be blood.”

In The Red Palace we follow eighteen year old Heyon, a bastard and palace nurse living in 1758 Joseon (Korea). When her closest friend and mentor gets suspected of four murders that took place in the palace she finds herself entangled in solving this murder mystery.

I love reading historical fiction or books related to Asian culture. When I heard many great things about this book I knew that I needed to read this. Well, this book didn’t let me down. It was thrilling, it had complex characters, it had spies, murders, political intrigues, it was romantic and it had an feminist touch. This book never got boring and that was mainly because of its wonderful writing and the steady pacing. So if you are in search for a who done it in a historical setting this book is calling your name. I would recommend checking TW’s before you do plan on reading it.