Book guide
Dragon Springs Road
In early twentieth-century Shanghai, an abandoned Eurasian girl follows a fox spirit toward the truth of her past.
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalForbidden romanceHistoricalPolitical intrigueFantasyMythologyLiteraryComing of ageLiteraryFamily secretsLiteraryIdentity crisis
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About Dragon Springs Road
Jialing is seven when her mother leaves her in the courtyard of a once-grand estate near Shanghai. As a Eurasian child, she faces contempt from both Chinese and Europeans and survives by becoming a bond servant to the Yang family. With the help of Anjuin and the fox spirit who haunts the courtyard, Jialing grows up amid political upheaval, mystery, forbidden love, and the search for her missing mother.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Balanced
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- racism
- child labor
- infanticide
- child abandonment
- slavery
- forced prostitution
- attempted rape
- sexual coercion (magically induced)
