A review by caitsbooks
Jade Fire Gold by June CL Tan

5.0

If you like:
- Avatar the Last Airbender (specifically zutara)
- "I have to kill you" trope
- chosen one trope
- elemental magic
- Chinese mythology
- slowburn romance
- betrayal & never knowing who you can trust
then you need to pick up this book!

Jade Fire Gold was one of my most anticipated debuts of the year, and it lived up to all of my expectations.

This book is absolutely addictive. The pacing is fast, with constant action and intrigue, and fantastic twists.

You never quite know who to trust, but despite that, I still became obsessed with almost every single character in this book. Seriously, the characters are just so good. Even the villains.

Altan and Ahn are going on my list of favorite protagonists (especially Altan because "angsty oblivious prince who wants revenge" is in fact my favorite type of fictional character). And the side characters? I love them all so much. I would read a book about any of them (please give me more books so I can read more about them)

Also, how am I supposed to move on after that ending???

5/5 stars.
Thank you to the author for sending me an ARC!