{"id":1936,"date":"2013-10-23T03:08:20","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T08:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookmaven623.wordpress.com\/?p=1936"},"modified":"2013-10-23T03:08:20","modified_gmt":"2013-10-23T08:08:20","slug":"ya-corner-windmills-by-lyndi-alexander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackiepaxsonauthor.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/23\/ya-corner-windmills-by-lyndi-alexander\/","title":{"rendered":"YA Corner: Windmills by Lyndi Alexander"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Hump day!\u00a0 I hope all of you are having a great week thus far.\u00a0 Today, I am bringing to you a young adult book that mixes a few different genres.\u00a0 Lyndi Alexander’s book, Windmills<\/em>, is an adventure with a dash of apocalyptic danger thrown in there.\u00a0 It is quite a good read and definitely good for the young adult crowd.\u00a0 Be sure to check out my full review after the book blurb.<\/p>\n

\"18229923\"<\/a>Book Blurb:<\/h2>\n

Bio-terrorists release a plague in the United States that spreads to kill most of the world\u2019s Caucasian population. As the deadly virus mutates, Tzu Shin, a renowned medical doctor and biologist, defects from China to help develop a cure. His only daughter, Lin Kwan, is left behind in Hong Kong with her aunt.<\/p>\n

Then Kwan\u2019s father summons her from across the sea to bring him Chinese medicinal herbs he needs to develop a cure. Lonely and missing her parents, she accepts the challenge, traveling with her sensei Li Zhong to the New World.<\/p>\n

But a Chinese assassin is on her trail, determined to kill her and Li Zhong, and when Kwan discovers her father has disappeared, she sets out on a journey to find him and deliver her precious cargo, a quest that she may not survive.<\/p>\n

Review:<\/h2>\n

Kwan is a young girl living in China during a time when world is going through a terrible plague.\u00a0 China seems to be at the farthest reaches of the plague and she has been safe living with her Aunt and her cousin.\u00a0 Her father and mother have gone to America where the plague began and they hope to help find a cure.\u00a0 Six months after her parents left Kwan gets a letter from her father asking for specific herbs and for Kwan to travel to America to deliver the herbs.\u00a0 Kwan wants to desperately help her parents and seeks the help of her sensei.\u00a0 Soon they are on their way via a cargo ship.\u00a0 But, unbeknownst to Kwan, she and her sensei are being stalked by an assassin.\u00a0 The dangers of a lawless and desperate society pose many threats.\u00a0 Kwan’s adventure leads her to find out how tough and determined she is.<\/p>\n

This book was a refreshing young adult read.\u00a0 It had a lot of adventure elements along with the dangers of an apocalyptic society.\u00a0 I enjoyed characters of Kwan and her sensei Li Zhong.\u00a0 I thought it was quite interesting that even in a deevolutionized\u00a0society the idea that the Chinese will still try to cling to the values and societal structures that have endured centuries.\u00a0 It was interesting to see Lyndi Alexander try to balance the new world deconstruction while trying to mesh the values of a society that values structure.\u00a0 Much of this book is looking at how Kwan will over come one’s engrained nature and find the courage to do what is necessary.\u00a0 What is necessary isn’t always right.\u00a0 I was a bit disappointed in the end though.\u00a0 The book abruptly ends with no definitive answers for any of the storylines or characters that you follow through the book.\u00a0 This may be the first book in a series but in anything I have read I do not see any indication that there will be a follow-up.\u00a0 I do hope there is because I feel resolution needs to be given to these characters.\u00a0 All in all, this was a good book with a lot of potential for more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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