annie ❦'s Reviews > The Dragon’s Promise

one of my anticipated reads this year turns out to be a bit disappointing, considering of how much i loved Six Crimson Cranes.

first of all, the title and the cover don't exactly fit the whole story because (slight spoiler) Seryu only appeared for like one-third of the book only to solve the cursed pearl business and then he just left Shiori alone in the mainland and never shows up again (which kind of disappoints me cuz i long for more of his contents). however it is not the main problem. i found the scenes took place in Seryu's kingdom just fine. it is in few pages later, in which we were introduced to new characters and new conflicts. i feel like is written in hurry hence almost everything became somewhat messy and confusing.

apart from its tolerable flaws, it's fun to read about these lovely characters again. Shiori and Takkan's romantic interactions had me smiling giggling and kicking my feet. also, petition for elizabeth lim to write a seryu spin-off because we need more of him!!