I unfortunately was unable to complete this book when provided (many moons ago) Due to some severe life circumstances. Many apologies and thank you for the opportunity provided at this time.

Again, so sorry but thank you <3

A Mongol inspired fantasy and with such a hue epic fantasy setting. The world building alone is such a feat, I found myself completely immersed in this book, I wasn't able to put it down for long.

I loved that this was a lesion romance, something that is sorely lacking in the genre. The story is largely told through letters and while it took me a while to appreciate this, I found myself looking forward to finding out more through this interesting scope.

I really tried with THE TIGERS DAUGHTER. I've restarted it a couple of times and it's a friend's favourite.

This just isn't one for me. The plot was just too slow for me and I struggled to connect to the characters. The premise was excellent though, and I'd look for the authors future books.

The start of a new series, THE TIGER'S DAUGHTER is an accomplished and well-written debut fantasy novel.
Introduces us to an interesting cast of characters, in a well-realized and constructed setting. Rivera's prose is excellent, and the characters come alive on the page. The story moves along very well, and despite the occasional (minor) dip, I really enjoyed this. Looking forward to reading the next book in the series.

While led by deep and intricate world-building, this book toils to long on the romance and action which led me to not care much about where the book was going in the third act.

As soon as I read the synopsis for this book I knew I had to check it out. It just sounded like a story that I would immensely enjoy. Sadly, I didn’t end up loving it as much as I thought I would. Don’t get me wrong, there were parts of the book that I enjoyed and also some that really bothered me. The Tiger’s Daughter ended up being quite the disappointing read for me.

Books that are written in a letter format are either a hit or a miss for me. Sometimes I adore them and sometimes they just don’t work for me. In the case with The Tiger’s Daughter it didn’t work for me. I think that has to do with the way this whole story is structured. There are two different timelines, one in the present from one of the main characters point of view and the other in the past, told in a series of letters. I think the switching between these timelines and formats they were told in didn’t work for me.

I did like the two main characters, Shefali and O-Shizuka. I enjoyed learning more about them as the story continued. Their relationship was fun to read about and I enjoyed seeing them interact with each other. These two characters and their relationship were probably my favourite aspect of the whole book. There were some other characters that I found interesting, but we never got to know them all that much. Aside from the two main characters none of the others were developed, which was a shame as there were many I was interested in.

The world of this book wasn’t the best. There is the fact that this book is rather info dumpy at points, which did bother me. But the bigger issue is the way the author used aspects of East Asian cultures to create the world. Some references and descriptions were very questionable and they kept bringing me out of the story. I’m by no means an expert in East Asian culture, but even I noticed some of the strange language used. I definitely recommend checking out some own voices reviews, as they can definitely explain the problems more accurately and with more detail.

Overall, The Tiger’s Daughter was an okay book. There were some things about it that I enjoyed and some that really bothered me. This one is a hard one to recommend, as I’m really unsure about the representation in the book.

This complicated and ornate fantasy wasn't my cup of tea but that doesn't mean you won't like it- it's got all the elements of the genre. Thanks to Netgalley fro the ARC.

I go back and forth on my opinion of this book. It was very long, very drawn out. There are times where it definitely dragged on and on and failed to keep me entertained, but other times there were faced paced scenes that kept me on the edge of my seat. This story also does have a lot of LGBT+ representation that I loved, because we need more of that in adult SFF. The worldbuilding was absolutely fantastic and a joy to explore as I continued to read. I'm excited to see where the rest of this book goes.

A brilliant start to a series - I love the way it’s told in second person and through letters! Trust me, this is the angsty F/F book you need in your life.

I hate to say it but this book had so many opportunities to be amazing but it just didn't live up to it for me, unfortunately I couldn't finish the story and DNF it about half way through which is a shame as I was so excited to read it.

I was looking forward to this book since it was an f/f Asian-inspired fantasy, combining my hunger for Asian fantasy with my desire for more queer representation in one package. However, the worldbuilding drew on racist tropes and demonstrated a lack of research and sensitivity toward the real-world cultures (Japanese, Chinese, and Mongolian) that it drew inspiration from, which disappointed me greatly. I expected better from a marginalized author who should know how it feels to have your identity and culture misrepresented and butchered by cultural outsiders.

Unfortunately this one wasn't for me. I found the pace to be too slow and although I do enjoy reading romance novels, I found the romance in this story overshadowed everything else and quickly became tiresome. How many times can do we need confirmation of love? It turns out I'm also not a fan of using letters to tell a story. I don't think it's effectively used here because the level of detail included was unrealistic and was quite an unsubtle way of the dreaded 'info-dumping'.

Started reading this, but soo felt pretty uncomfortable with the worldbuilding, which felt East Asian inspired. Knowing the author is white, I worried about cultural appropriation. Doing some research, I discovered a review (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2032356303) that showed The Tiger's Daughter to be problematic in regards to racism, so stopped reading.

Since I didn't really like the novel, I don't want to make a bad review on Amazon or Kobo. The book was just not appeal to me, and I couldn't get through the whole story.

THE TIGER'S DAUGHTER was a book I was *really* looking forward to but unfortunately didn't live up to my expectations. It's very long, broken up in six chapters which made it hard to focus on and figure out when to take a break. The plot meanders. There was nothing keeping me engaged, except for the LGBT+ romance. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough.

This is one of the books I read for Tome Topple readathon. I had been told this was really good and it kept getting recced to me, which meant I was very wary about it living up to the hype. When it came up as a buddy read for Tome Topple, I finally got the chance to read it without any more excuses. And I really enjoyed this.

O-Shizuka and Shefali are from two different races of people. Shizuka is the Emperor’s Heir, a strong-willed, spoiled princess whose mother is the best swordsman in the land. Her mother’s best friend has a daughter, Shefali, who is quiet but not timid and equally as strong-willed. They become fast friends, which eventually turns into a relationship, as they have to deal with their families, expectations and the encroaching darkness onto their homeland. The majority of this book is told in the form of letters between Shizuka and Shefali, so we switch timelines between the present and the past as we read Shefali’s letter and Shizuka’s reaction to it.

There were many twists and turns to this story but one thing I found interesting was the world-building. This book has a mixture of different East Asian cultures, mostly Chinese, Japanese and Mongolian, which sometimes worked really well and sometimes really doesn’t. The history between the Qorin and the Hokkaro people is complicated and fraught, and it has a massive effect on the world Shizuka and Shefali are coming into. There are some parts of this world that I side-eyed for the real world implications, such as the colourism and the racism which struck a little too close to the real world for my tastes. I’ve seen many other reviews talk about this issue so I won’t go into depth on it here.

One thing I loved is Shizuka and Shefali’s relationship. They were always the most important people to each other and this was shown all the way throughout the book, though they still cared deeply for their families and other friends. I loved seeing how they saw each other and how they had different ways of approaching problems, as well as how certain events brought them closer together. The ending of the book was surprising but in a good way, as we were expecting it to go one way and then instead the book switches on the other track. I was finding it hard to see where this book was going, because it was obvious that the main plot was going on in the past and we knew it had to lead to the present somehow but I couldn’t see how it would end up.

I will say that this book was very slow to start with and it took me a while to actually get into it because the letter Shefali wrote was the longest letter in the history of long letters as she goes through their entire relationship together. I enjoyed the backstory of the various characters as well as the main relationship, but it did feel like it was a very convenient plot way of making sure we got all the information we needed. If I wasn’t buddy reading it, I might have put it down and not picked it up for a while because of how slow-paced it was. Thankfully I didn’t because I ended up really enjoying it.

4 stars!

I tried this several times but just didn't relate to or like the main characters much. I gave up on reading the whole thing. Sorry for a blah review but there you have it.

Unfortunately this was not the book for me, I began it multiple times but simply couldn’t get into it which was quite disappointing as from the blurb it sounded like my thing. I simply couldn’t mesh with the way in which it was told in epistolary format.

This is a fascinating, spread out high fantasy novel with roots in Ancient Asian culture and focuses on the friendship and love between two princesses- Barsalayaa Shefali and O-Shizuka.

This book is told in a mix of present day scenese with O-Shizuka who we know is now Empress, and letters she is reading from Shefali who is talking about their past, their childhood, friendships, adventures and eventual romantic relationship. Through the letters we find out what happened between them, and why in the present day they aren't together how they should be.

I really enjoyed this, and I found it engaging and easy to read. I loved the relationship between the girls. Their world is violent at times, and both of them can kill a man easily thanks to skills they have learned but the moments between them are tender and pure, and really stand out. I also loved the Asian culture that was seeped in this book, and I personally would have identified O-Shizuka as more Chinese or Japanese in heritage, and Shefali as Mongolian, though that's just how I pictured them and it may be different for others.

I will definitely be reading the next book in this series!

This book did not do it for me. I truly wanted to enjoy it and love it but I had the hardest time even finishing it. It’s nothing against the author because I am sure the book can have a positive audience somewhere, just sadly not for me. TOR is one of my most favorite publishers and I will almost always read a great book from them and recommend them, but not this one. I am so sorry! Please forgive me! Every book has its place, but my place is not with this book..! It was written very well though!