As the Lotus Blooms is the first book by this author.

In this story, he weaves a story where Lien is traumatized from her past experience. The storyline was believable

I found this storyline very interesting and that's why I chose to read this book, however, I didn't like the structure of the book as it felt like a documentary, rather than a novel that flowed. I had to constantly read the title of each chapter to realise which character was the protagonist and sharing their viewpoint, which I found annoying. I think the details of the concept were missing, the topic of the story was one that is so important in modern life, human trafficking but for me, I couldn't connect with the characters or the format in which the book was written.
It's a shame, as the author clearly has a lot of subject knowledge, I just didn't connect with how this story was told.