Welcome to Can’t Wait Wednesday, a book meme 1000% guaranteed to make your TBR longer, because blogger share the books they’re looking forward to — usually that’s a new title, sometimes that can be an old one. Either way, you’re going to enjoy it!
This week I am waiting on The Ninja’s Blade
Blurb
Lily Wong–a Chinese-Norwegian modern-day ninja–has more trouble than she was bargaining for when controlling grandparents arrive in Los Angeles from Hong Kong at the same time she goes undercover in the dangerous world of sex trafficking in this second book in the series.
As she hunts for a missing high school girl, a kidnapped prostitute, and a sociopathic pimp, the surviving members of a murderous street gang hunt for her. Life would be easier if Lily knew who to trust.
But when victims are villains, villains are victims, and even family is plotting against her, easy is not an option. All Lily can do is follow the trail wherever it leads: through a high school campus polarized by racial tension or the secret back rooms of a barber/tattoo/brothel or the soul-crushing stretch of Long Beach Boulevard known as The Blade.
She relies on her ninja skills to deceive and infiltrate, rescue and kill–whatever is necessary to free the girls from their literal and figurative slavery. If only those same skills could keep Lily’s conniving grandparents from hijacking her future
I read the first in this series in February this year and adored it — and a big part of what I adored (aside from Lily being badass) was the presence of her parents in a story that was as much about her family as it was about being a ninja who helps women.
So I was delighted to find that Lily’s grandparents play an important part in the second in the series, much to Lily’s frustration — I’m trying to imagine her investigating out in the world and then coming home and trying to please her grandparents! And how are they hijacking her future?
I know there’s going to be a brilliant case underlying this book, but seriously the grandparents just make this blurb all sorts of awesome!
This book sounds great. Love the title so I guess my wishlist just grew again *sigh* Thanks for sharing and happy reading.
You’re welcome — check out the first in the series too
I hope you’ll enjoy this book just as much as the first one, Verushka! ♥
Me too!
I agree about her grandparents, they sparked my curiosity even more now!
I hope you’re going to adore it as much as the first book 😀
Everytime I think about this book, I wonder what they;re going to get into in her life!
A modern-day ninja??!! Yes, please!
It’s so good, SO good!
The case that Lily is working sounds like it will be an intense one! Hope you enjoy this one as much as the first installment.
My CWW
Very much so, yeah! I am so eager to get into this book and I can’t wait!
Yes, on a modern, female ninja. I’m interested!
It’s sooo good!
This sounds so good, and I love that it takes place in my neighborhood:-) I’ll have to check out the first book, though!
Whaaat? In your neighbourhood?!? That’s fantastic! Please do check out the first one — it’s such a good start to the series!
Lily does sound like a great character. I like that she’s a modern day ninja! I will have to give this series a try. Thank you for bringing it to my attention, Verushka. I hope all is well with you. Have a great day.
This sounds pretty intense. Hope you love it, when you read it!
The grandparent aspect of this sold me as well. Looks like I need to find the first copy!
I like the way this series sounds. A modern-day female ninja sounds like a very interesting character. Hope you enjoy this one as much as you did the first one!
This sounds so good. The grandparents sound like they’re going to an interesting dynamic into the story.