Smith, Lee. Review. "Her Desire Won't Let Go." New York Times Book Review (April 26, 1986): 9-11. Smith gives Pei's work a good review, calling it "good fiction with plenty of ambiguity," and providing a brief plot synopsis.

Steinberg, Sybil. Review. Publishers Weekly 229 (February 21, 1986): 154.

Unfavorable review.