Slow pacing, interesting plot and lovable characters. The relationship development went on slowly, strongly and beautifully. This ain't a kind of book everybody'd get into. Not many climax points, still the narrative could emotionally hook readers up.
In Hua Kai Jin Xiu (Escape to Your Heart / Chineses Medicine), when Fu Tingyun is blackmailed by an in-law and almost forced into a marriage, her family decides to deal with it in a very extreme way. Meeting the salt smuggler, Zhao Ling, by chance, Fu Tingyun is able to start a new and much more prosperous life. But she still wants revenge on the people that wronged her.
I stumbled on this book by chance on My Drama Novel. It is supposed to become the drama, Escape to Your Heart, but is currently still in pre-production.
This is not a rebirth drama, but both Fu Tingyun and Zhao Ling pretty much get second chances at life after meeting each other. It is technically a revenge drama, but Fu Tingyun really just wanted to understand exactly what happened and clear her name. Once she finds out the truth, everything that happens to the people that wronged her is karmic.
However, Zhao Ling has no problem getting revenge. That guy takes no losses.
If you like, slow burn, found family, and finding yourself in a better place than where you started, this is for you.
The first of 7 volumes. I really enjoyed it to my surprise; I thought it was going to be a light read but it is much darker than expected. While setting up the story some things are a given plot wise but the author did a great job in making it unpredictable. While the pace is slow, I realize that it is the author being very detailed and really flushing out characters and layering event. It slowly built very realistic characters, relationships and interactions.
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