Release: September 15th 2020
Format: Ebook
Publisher: FoxTales Press
Source: YA Bound Book Tours
Find it at: Goodreads, Kindle, Audible, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, Scribd, Mondadori , Indigo
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Ketsueki would like to find out why her mentor Akikumo, the last wolf in Japan, abandoned her. He left her with other kitsune at the Inari Shrine where she doesn’t fit in. Now, the other kitsune are bullying her and saying Akikumo is dead.
After all the troubles, the Inari gives Ketsueki a new task . She must find out what happened to Akikumo. She quickly agrees. But she does not know that the criminal son of the shrine’s head priest would accompany her.
Will Ketsueki be able to make peace with him? Or will her years of bitterness make this impossible?
About the Author:
Dani Hoots is a science fiction, fantasy, romance, and young adult author. She has a B.S. in Anthropology, a Masters of Urban and Environmental Planning, a Certificate in Novel Writing from Arizona State University, and a BS in Herbal Science from Bastyr University.
Dani has an indie publishing company called FoxTales Press. She also works with Anthill Studios in creating comics through Antik Comics.
Her hobbies include reading, watching anime, cooking, studying different languages, and working with plants. She is also an herbalist and sells her concoctions on FoxCraft Apothecary. She lives in Phoenix with her husband and visits Seattle often.
The Legend of Akikumo Review:
This was an interesting fantasy infused with Japanese culture, and I liked it!
The characters are interesting and I loved the concept of spirit animals. It was fun visualizing them in their spirit form and going on their adventures. Ketsueki is nice in the lead, and I enjoyed her scenes with Akikumo and Yamato.
Moreover, I love learning reading stories based off various cultures, and this book did a very nice job of incorporating various Japanese traits in it. I also appreciate the author for putting a section to explain the various terms. Also, I liked how the story alternates between the two timelines, one with the past between Ketsueki and Akikumo, and the other with Ketsueki and Yamato. Similarly, the author does a beautiful job by contrasting the old Japan from ages ago with the present timeline.
Also, I liked the author’s style of writing. True, it is not as complex as I expected, but I liked how the author describes it in a simple, straight forward manner. I think this book will be great for middle grade readers because of its style of writing. On a side note, how gorgeous is the cover of the book?
However, there were some parts which I felt could have been better. For instance, some of the scenes, especially the action ones with Yamato and Ketsueki, felt repetitious. Also, there were times where the story focused too much on the past, and did not progress with the current story-line. Additionally, I also had trouble with Ketsueki at times with her maturity level and her hatred for humans.
But overall, this was a decent read, and I liked it because I like middle grade novels and this fell really nicely in that category.
Giveaway:
I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the The Legend of Akikumo by Dani Hoots Blog Tour hosted by YA Bound Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!
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