Book Review: Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa
***BOOK REVIEW***
Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa
(Shadow of the Fox #1)
“When destiny calls. Legends rise.”
Wow… just wow. This book had me hooked from the start till the end. No, that’s a lie. It still has me hooked! I didn’t realise this was going to be a series/trilogy and I am so excited about that. I need the rest of the books right now! This story is engaging and the characters really drew me in. The MC is sweet yet sassy, trying to do the right thing while fighting her less “good” side. I feel frustrated for her but really connected with her struggles and decisions. I feel like this is a book that if you reread you’ll notice things you didn’t the first time round. There are some mysterious characters I’m hoping will appear in the following books, as I want to learn more about them. ★★★★.5
See below for synopsis:
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. Now, for whoever holds the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers, a new wish will be granted. A new age is about to dawn. Raised by monks in the isolated Silent Winds temple, Yumeko has trained all her life to hide her yokai nature. Half kitsune, half human, her skill with illusion is matched only by her penchant for mischief. 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. There are many who would claim the dragon’s wish for their own. Kage Tatsumi, a mysterious samurai of the Shadow Clan, is one such hunter, under orders to retrieve the scroll…at any cost. Fate brings Kage and Yumeko together. With a promise to lead him to the scroll, an uneasy alliance is formed, offering Yumeko her best hope for survival. But he seeks what she has hidden away, and her deception could ultimately tear them both apart. 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. They are the key to the fate of the world itself.