The Silk Palace
Colin Harvey
Swimming Kangaroo Books
ISBN: 978-1-934041-42-0
Fiction, Fantasy
Reviewed by Dr. Tami Brady

A while back, I reviewed Lightening Days by Colin Harvey and really enjoyed his work. The story was original and the writing kept me transfixed. So when I saw that Harvey had written another book, even though it was a slightly different genre than his other book, I happily agreed to review The Silk Palace.

The Silk Palace follows Bluestocking. Her job is to translate an ancient scroll. Not an easy task, especially since deception and intrigue surrounds her and everyone in the palace.

Bluestocking also has her own secrets. Although trained as a linguist, she isn’t a lady as everyone seems to think. She was raised in a convent.

For me, The Silk Palace was good but not great. Something was a little off. I felt that the author spent too much time on Blue’s affair with the servant girl and not enough on the actual prophecy.