BoundSimon & Schuster Inc.
Set during Ming China, Bound is a sort of Cinderella story. Young Xing Xing is left to her unloving stepmother and half sister after her father dies. She is forced to be a servant girl in the house, but does all that she is told and more. She is an obedient girl for most of the book. Fillinf the story with many Chinese traditions makes this retelling of the Cinderelly story a whole new story in itself.
WARNING: Mostly there are just gruesome Chinese traditions and beliefs that aren't for the faint of heart.
Personal opinion:
I really enjoyed this different view of a classic story. There were are lot of Chinese traditions told that made it really interesting to me and introduced me alot into the older culture of the Chinese. Xing Xing is such an established character by the end of the book. It was so rewarding to watch her grow into the woman she deserved to be.
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