Goodreads Monday: Strike the Zither by Joan He

Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where you chose a random book from your Goodreads TBR and show it off. This meme is hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog.

Today, I’m spotlighting a book I added to my Goodreads last year after reading The Ones We’re Meant to Find, a standalone by the same author. Strike the Zither is the first book in the Kingdom of Three series, and it sounds so intriguing. Let’s check it out!


About the Book:

Title: Strike the Zither

Author: Joan He

Series: Kingdom of Three #1

Page Length: 368

Publication Date: Nov. 1, 2022

Publisher: Text Pub.

Synopsis: The year is 414 of the Xin Dynasty, and chaos abounds. A puppet empress is on the throne. The realm has fractured into three factions and three warlordesses hoping to claim the continent for themselves.

But Zephyr knows it’s no contest.

Orphaned at a young age, Zephyr took control of her fate by becoming the best strategist of the land and serving under Xin Ren, a warlordess whose loyalty to the empress is double-edged—while Ren’s honor draws Zephyr to her cause, it also jeopardizes their survival in a war where one must betray or be betrayed. When Zephyr is forced to infiltrate an enemy camp to keep Ren’s followers from being slaughtered, she encounters the enigmatic Crow, an opposing strategist who is finally her match. But there are more enemies than one—and not all of them are human. 

LINKS:   Goodreads   |    Amazon


About the Author:

Joan was born and raised in Philadelphia but still will, on occasion, lose her way. At a young age, she received classical instruction in oil painting before discovering that stories were her favorite kind of art. She studied psychology and Chinese history at the University of Pennsylvania and currently writes from a desk overlooking the city
waterfront. Descendant of the Crane is her young adult debut.


Have you read Strike the Zither? What on your TBR? Comment below!

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