Fishbone Cinderella (gorgeous, spellbinding East-Asian inspired fantasy)

Fishbone Cinderella (gorgeous, spellbinding East-Asian inspired fantasy)

Author: Elizabeth Lim Listening Length: 15h 24m
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A gorgeous, spellbinding East-Asian inspired fantasy novel about a family curse across generations from the bestselling author of Six Crimson Cranes. Perfect for fans of Axie Oh, Sue Lynn Tan, and Samantha Shannon! A bracelet. A curse. And golden fishbones to be returned to the sea. . . Guangdong, 1940. When Ha Yut Yin...

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Chapter Forty-Six

Over the next months, Marigold and Kenji spent every possible moment together—debating whether you could actually hear the lasers in Star Wars if there was no air in space, sharing banana splits at Fenton’s, feeling sorry for the lobsters in the Orchid Lounge’s fish tanks.

Her sisters teased that Kenji knew the route from Palo Alto to Berkeley well enough to draw a map upside down—which he did, including shortcuts that were best for different times of the day. Marigold kept it in her backpack.

The only hitch in their love story was keeping it secret from Marigold’s parents—no easy feat since she still lived with them.

“You don’t think I’ll charm them?” Kenji asked one Saturday as they drove to San Francisco. “I charmed your uncle.”