Happy Chinese New Year!
Today my family will be going out together (my brother’s mother-in-law is visiting from China too, so that’ll be exciting hehe) to celebrate Chinese New Year. Usually we make dumplings, give each other red envelopes, and celebrate with the Chinese community during this time of year. But this time we’re keeping it pretty close since it’s my brother’s mother-in-law’s first time in America and we don’t want to overwhelm her. In larger cities and communities, there would be big celebrations with dragon dancing, fire crackers, and opulent displays. So today, in celebration of this festive holiday, I give you a couple of YA books that have Asian characters or settings!
Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff
Eon by Alison Goodman
Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee
Ink by Amanda Sun
Serpentine by Cindy Pon
The Girl From the Well by Rin Chupeco
Hello, I Love You by Katie M Stout
I hope you pick up one of these and discover the rich culture that Asia has to offer! In the meantime, I will be enjoying a hotpot ehehe.
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ASDFGHJKL: I CANT TELL YOU HOW MUCH I LOVEEE THIS!
I haven’t read any of these, but Ink has been on my TBR for agesss! I didn’t know that Eon and Eona were about Asia – I’ll definitely have to check them out more in depth!
But yeah, perfect timing for this post!
Happy Chinese New Year to you! Gong Xi Fa Cai! 🙂
YAYYY. 😀 Eon is one of my favorite Asian-fusion fantasies out there! I hope you enjoy Ink too – I’ve heard great things. 🙂
Gong Xi Fa Cai! ❤
This is awesome, I’ve already had my eye on Stormdancer and Ink and I’m hoping to read it soon. Happy New Year to your and your family!
Yay Sara! ❤ I hope you enjoy them when you get to it! Happy New Year. 🙂
Happy Chinese New Year to you and your family! 🙂
Thank you so much Poulami! ❤ And to you too!
Happy Chinese New Year! I’m Chinese too, and I can’t wait for all the delicious food and just being around everyone, except like you, we’re keeping it pretty lowkey this year (for us, it’s because of just life craziness in general). Under a Painted Sky has such a unique premise! I didn’t even know that there were Chinese people on the Oregon Trail? Definitely intriguing, and definitely something I want to check out 🙂
YAYYYY Isabella, I hope you enjoyed all the yummy goods! 🙂 Oh yes, I was totally surprised too! Apparently immigrants from all over the place were popular during the time of the Oregon Trail. 😀
That sounds like so much fun! 🙂 Happy Chinese New Year! I feel bad that I haven’t read any of those, so I better go add some to my TBR
Yaas! It’s always a delight to see more Asian-based books in people’s TBR!
Happy Chinese New Year! I haven’t actually read any of these books, which is so bad… Though I really want to read Stormdancer! I haven’t heard much of Eon, but your description pretty much has me sold. I think I will really enjoy a lot of these, so thank you for the recommendations!
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Eon is probably one of my favorite Asian-fantasy combos! I hope you get to Stormdancer soon and enjoy too. 🙂 Happy Chinese New Year to you too! ❤
Happy Chinese New Year! Eon was GREAT and I’m about to start Under A Painted Sky. I’ll DEFINITELY check all of these out. And hotpot is A++
YAY! Yesss, I absolutely love hotpot – it’s perfect for the cold weather. 😛 EON WAS AMAZINGGGG. Probably one of my fave Asian-fusion fantasies of all time! I really hope you enjoy Under A Painted Sky. 🙂
*gives you virtual red envelopes full of love*
*throws dumplings at you* ENJOY ❤
I have Serpentine and want to read it so bad!!! I need to make time. I also have Soundless, I got it from my secret sister and I can’t wait to read it, even though it’s gotten mixed reviews. Happy New Year and enjoy your time with your family!
Yayy, I hope you enjoy them both! I didn’t include Soundless in this list because I didn’t like it so much HAHA. Thank you ❤
Happy Chinese New Year!! Thanks for sharing these books. I really want to read more Asian YA so I’m going to check some of these out now! Hope you had a good time celebrating.
YAYYYY! as an asian american myself, i adored this post! so many new reads i can add to my TBR with characters or settings that are asian. i hope you had a fantastic lunar new year!! <333
Happy Chinese New Year! What a great post! I haven’t heard of those but quite a few of them caught my interest and I’ll be looking into them, so thank you! Since I’m new to your blog, please excuse my ignorance as to what you’ve posted in the past,but I’m curious as to whether you’ve read Soundless by Richelle Mead? And if so, did you like it? Wishing you much happiness & good luck in this,the Year of the Monkey! 🙂
Ahhh so many good stories here! I’m so glad Asian stories are getting a representation! I thought there were only a few or I may have just been looking less. Haha! I haven’t read any of these yet but I will get to them one day. Thank you for sharing these, Aila!
It’s my pleasure Trisha! I know some of these got so-so ratings, but I love spreading the word about Asian culture. 🙂
I’ve only read a few of these and you’ve reminded me about a few series that I haven’t picked up! In particular, I need to pick up Eon, Under the Painted Sky and Kinslayer. So many wonderful books, I think the only one I’ve read here is Ink (and that one I had a few issues with, even though I loved the Japanese setting). Happy Chinese New Year Aila!
Thanks Jeann! ❤ I know a couple of these haven't had the greatest feedback, but YES YOU MUST GET TO EON. It's simply amazing!!