Sherry Thomas is a gem, and I really appreciated her take on this YA retelling of Mulan. I found myself questioning my own biases on ethics, East Asian Countries, colonization, and war while reading this. Thomas has a way of throwing in little breadcrumbs of historical significance and philosophical questions in the book. The note at the end talking on the research that went into this book was also very awesome, and makes me roll my eyes at Disney and the oversimplification of their take on Mulan.