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The China Bride (Bride Trilogy, Bk 2)
The China Bride - Bride Trilogy, Bk 2
Author: Mary Jo Putney
Award-winning author Mary Jo Putney captivated the hearts of readers everywhere with her breathtaking hardcover debut, The Wild Child. Now, in her spectacular new novel The China Bride, she has created another brilliantly moving love story, and a very special heroine -- a rare beauty torn between two cultures who valiantly struggles to discover ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780345433350
ISBN-10: 0345433351
Publication Date: 8/2000
Pages: 320
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 30 ratings
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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Lenore avatar reviewed The China Bride (Bride Trilogy, Bk 2) on + 193 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Really quite exceptional in this genre. Fairly colorful & accurate Chinese cultural idiosyncracies make this a very different sort of read. The characters are much more finely drawn than in the usual shallow romance, IMO.

Basically about a half Scot/half Chinese girl...a young woman in the trading city Canton, she is made to pretend to be a young man by her uncle so that she can act as a liaison/translator with the "foreign devils" that come to trade. Her half-life as neither man or woman begins to chafe when she meets a handsome Scottish trader who is floundering in the midst of some murderous Chinese plots, making this a not-typical romance with a dash of intrigue, a sprig of martial arts action, and a healthy dose of historical flavor.

As the romance continues and they travel to Scotland together, they face the prejudice and censure of his family toward his mysterious slant-eyed bride...very interesting, as someone who has had to put up with that sort of thing - like the heroine, I am half-Chinese. Don't think that my identification with the character is the only reason I liked the book, it isn't - its basically very engaging and well written - my only criticism is that I felt that the end was a bit contrived and abrupt....it felt like the author's editor called and said something like, "oh, well, you've really got to wrap this one up then! We've got a deadline!" But still, a very enjoyable effort!
KentuckyReader avatar reviewed The China Bride (Bride Trilogy, Bk 2) on + 37 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I had never read anything about the author before but I have already added her to my list of "great" writers.
Mary Jo Putney knows how to put a story together to create a plot that holds your interest. Her writing is crystal clear and flows like warm honey. A great book to curl up with and forget the world around you.
reviewed The China Bride (Bride Trilogy, Bk 2) on + 92 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Such a good read! A Scottish/Chinese girl child is reared in a Chinese household and then given an opportunity to go to the land of her father as a young woman. Well written and engaging.
Feng shui is used in the book, which showed me the way to make my own house better. A rare treasure is this book!
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gypsybookworm avatar reviewed The China Bride (Bride Trilogy, Bk 2) on + 27 more book reviews
Mary Jo Putney is really becoming one of my favorite romance authors....she has a way of actually creating a great plot and story line with the tension and relationship building with the main characters. I really rather enjoyed this story. It was also nice to not have a typical ingenue with blonde or red hair. Maybe me being half Asian is why I appreciated it so much. Ha!
Great twists and turns and intriguing world. I am thinking this one is a keeper.
fhlstables avatar reviewed The China Bride (Bride Trilogy, Bk 2) on + 54 more book reviews
This book was good enough that I started it and couldn't put it down and read the entire night until I was done with it. Good Read!
dterlec avatar reviewed The China Bride (Bride Trilogy, Bk 2) on + 238 more book reviews
Second book in the Bride Trilogy. First and third books are "The Wild Child" & "The Bartered Bride". Enjoyed the first two books.
reviewed The China Bride (Bride Trilogy, Bk 2) on + 283 more book reviews
This is a great book. I have one on my keeper shelf.


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