The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo [Kindle Edition]

Zen Cho (Author)

Book Description

For writer Jade Yeo, the Roaring Twenties are coming in with more of a purr. She's perfectly happy making a living by churning out articles on what the well-dressed woman is wearing. But when she pillories one of London's leading literary luminaries in a scathing review, she may have made the mistake of her career.

Sebastian Hardie is tall, dark and handsome--and more intrigued than annoyed. Jade is irresistibly drawn to the prospect of adventure he offers. But if she succumbs to temptation, she risks losing her hard-won freedom--and her best chance for love.

Product Details

• File Size: 181 KB
• Print Length: 81 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Zen Cho; 1 edition (May 30, 2012)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0087NQRM2
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #370,044 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, unusual romance June 19, 2012

By Aliette De Bodard

Format:Kindle Edition

I'll freely admit that romance isn't my stuff, but this is so sweet and so sharp at the same time that it's well worth a read. In the London of the Roaring Twenties, writer Jade Yeo struggles to make a living--until her path intersects that of noted writer Sebastian Hardie, to unexpected circumstances. I loved seeing a well worn historical period from a non-English point of view (and having the subtle indictment of colonialism as well). Zen has a very sharp eye for detail, which makes the pages of this just fly by (loved that Jade snarkily comments on the quality of Chinese vases in London townhouses, and just loved her relationship with Ravi)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A+ December 22, 2012

By ryfkah

Format:Kindle Edition

For anyone who likes romance, or the 1920s, or fearless and witty Malaysian lady writer protagonists who write scathing literary criticism, or in fact all of these things should read this novella immediately.

This is a novella written in diary entries about books and feelings. In more detail, it's also about London's fashionable avant-garde literary set of the 1920s, and brilliant and sexy Indian journal editors, and intolerable aunts -- all right, just the one editor and just the one aunt, but they have more than enough personality to make up for it. But mostly it is just adorable. (I'm a hard sell on romance; when I say something is adorable I mean it.)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet, fun, so well done July 4, 2012

By Shannon Phillips

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

"The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo" is enormously fun and deftly written. It's a sweet, engaging romance with a very likable heroine -- smart but naive, practical but inexperienced, independent but not *quite* prepared for the consequences of her indiscretions. A very sweet, entertaining read.

And I want to make it clear that the only reason I'm docking this a star is because I'm judging it by the standard of Jane Austen and Dorothy Sayers. By THAT standard, okay? Zen Cho is absolutely at that level: she deserves the comparison. This story is very smart and completely charming. But ultimately it's a fun, quick read rather than an enduring classic for the ages, because things are a little *easy* for Jade -- she just does whatever she wants, and then the happy ending kind of falls into her lap. She isn't forced to wrestle with the flaws of her own character the way that, say, Elizabeth Bennet or Harriet Vane do before they get their happy-ever-afters.

Instead, this is a cotton-candy story. It dissolves on your mind and leaves a sweet taste behind.

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