Foul Heart Huntsman by Chloe Gong

Foul Heart Huntsman

Author: Chloe Gong

Series: Foul Lady Fortune

Genre: Fantasy, Historical Fiction

Format: Digital ARC via NetGalley

Publish Date: September 2023

Read: July 2023

Favorite Quote: “They came for Manchuria first. They will come for Shanghai next, swallow up the coastal city where they have already been allowed land and law. The empire across the sea is small. And when this is an age of expansion, they will claim that invasion must be performed in self-defense, that it is a necessity while their people grow hungrier, a population with mouths to feed and feet to plant.”

Spoilers Ahead for Foul Lady Fortune & Last Violent Call

Story Synopsis: In the winter of 1932, Rosalind Lang’s cover has been blown. Shanghai, and her enemies, now know who Lady Fortune is. No longer a shadow-hugging assassin, Rosalind is finally called into headquarters to be decommissioned. Over and over, her superiors have told her to forget her partner, Orion Hong, as he is now fully brainwashed and in the clutches of his experimental-scientist mother. Though her friends and family are split between Communists and Nationalists, they find they have a common enemy: the Japanese. Rosalind and Celia gather their misfit group of spies and assassins to rescue Orion and protect those they love knowing they are all on borrowed time.

Why does this book beguile? Foul Heart Huntsman is the follow-up to Chloe Gong’s successful franchise, including These Violent Delights and Foul Lady Fortune. It’s a great continuation of the series and Chloe Gong does a great job developing side characters into main characters. What started as more of a YA Fantasy series is now firmly a gangster-spy-historical fiction. And it’s delightfully fun!

P.S. - It’s important to read Last Violent Call before you begin Foul Heart Huntsman!

Rating: 5/5

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