Li Lan didn’t choose my preferred love interest, but I was okay with the decision because it became obvious that she didn’t love him the way he loved her. I loved both Er Lang and Tian Bai as love interests, but I loved one more than the other. The serious accusation that he killed Tian Ching, while I didn’t believe it, hung around and cast doubt on his validity as a worthy suitor for Li Lan. I didn’t notice that it was happening until Tian Bai’s past was questioned. Building Er Lang up as a love interest was so natural that it snuck up on me. The various challenges Li Lan faces, from failing to inhabit her own body to infiltrating Lim Tian Ching’s home in the land of the dead, made for an exciting journey that kept me guessing what would happen next. By subverting my expectations, it kept me engaged. I kept waiting for the moment when Li Lan would agree to become Lim Tian Ching’s wife, but she never did. Certain plot beats I was anticipating (based on my idea of what a story like this should contain) never came to fruition. In many ways, this book was far from predictable. I didn’t anticipate the main thrust of the novel. She is drawn into the ghostly realms against her will, however, and she must navigate the world and new relationships in order to save her own life. Although such a marriage would settle her father’s debts and set her up for life, Li Lan has no interest in marrying into widowhood, especially since she falls in love with the dead man’s cousin, Lim Tian Bai.
Set in 1893 Malaya, the story opens when 17- year-old Pan Li Lan is told that the wealthy Lim family wants her to become a ghost bride to their recently departed son.
The Ghost Bride is Yangsze Choo’s 2013 debut novel.
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