The Red Palace

I really love the historic setting of this book as well as the dark and mysterious story. The characters are diverse and well written. The unique blend of detective story and historic setting works surprisingly well and the main characters are the cherry on top.

The book is really interesting and exciting to read June Hur is a great Author i now also follow her on Insta and read more of her books cuz this book really got me into reading again after reading it i also looked up the "memoirs of lady hyegyeon" which i also really liked (its a diary of lady hyegyeong in the joseon dynasting about living with her husband the prince and her life with the murders and everything. Back to June Hur and the book... the book is also about the joseon dynasty (i love watching kdrama btw so i was already a little interested in this kind of genre) about murder and at even a little bit romance but it really made me interested in the culture and the dynasty . yeah thats all i have to say hope someone read it :) Have a great day :) Bye

Spannender historischer Krimi im Korea des 18. Jahrhunderts. Düster und fesselnd mit überzeugenden Charakteren. Ich mochte diese Kombi aus historischen Fakten & fiktiven Einflüssen unheimlich gern!

It took me a while to really get into this but then I was hooked and finished it in a day. This atmospheric YA historical mystery is full of suspense and even has a little romance on the side. Our main character Hyeon is a little naive at the beginning but I really enjoyed to watch her grow as a character not only in the face of this dangerous intterogation she was dragged into but also considering her personal issues. Besides her the other characters were also very well written and I have a very soft spot for Eojin who joins her on trying to resolve the mystery behind the murder. I really loved this!