Then there’s the mysterious samurai, Tatsumi. Her yokai brethren encourage her to shed her humanity, something she is loathe to do, but she also fears how humans will react if they know about her kitsune heritage. The book is dual-narrated: First we have Yumeko, who is half kitsune and is constantly trying to balance her human and yokai sides. Steeped in Japanese folklore, Shadow of the Fox is sure to please anyone who’s a fan of anime or manga or any reader who loves fantastical stories based on traditional lore. They are the key to the fate of the world itself. With an army of demons at her heels and the unlikeliest of allies at her side, Yumeko’s secrets are more than a matter of life or death. But he seeks what she has hidden away, and her deception could ultimately tear them both apart. With a promise to lead him to the scroll, an uneasy alliance is formed, offering Yumeko her best hope for survival. Kage Tatsumi, a mysterious samurai of the Shadow Clan, is one such hunter, under orders to retrieve the scroll…at any cost. There are many who would claim the dragon’s wish for their own. Until the day her home is burned to the ground, her adoptive family is brutally slain and she is forced to flee for her life with the temple’s greatest treasure-one part of the ancient scroll. Half kitsune, half human, her skill with illusion is matched only by her penchant for mischief. Raised by monks in the isolated Silent Winds temple, Yumeko has trained all her life to hide her yokai nature. Now, for whoever holds the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers, a new wish will be granted. One thousand years ago, the great Kami Dragon was summoned to grant a single terrible wish-and the land of Iwagoto was plunged into an age of darkness and chaos. My content rating: YA (Some violence, Only possible budding romance) Published by Harlequin Teen on October 2, 2018 I hope these bite-sized reviews will be enough to feed your fiction addiction! I’ve got four reviews for you today: two YA fantasies, a MG fantasy, and a YA/MG graphic novel.

The shadow of the fox