Tears and Shadow (Kitsune series Book 2)
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Shadow of the Fox
Most helpful customer reviews on Amazon. I started out with Shadow Dancer as a sample because I was waiting impatiently for the next Caine Deathwalker book. I figured what the heck, I'll try it because I thought I recognize the character here from the other books. Maybe I do, maybe I don't. Demon sword he carries makes him a danger to others if he loses control of emotions -- even good ones.
He begins to rediscover humanity he thought was trained out of him. Battles with demons using swords, arrows get pretty gory. Many die, including all monks in a monastery.
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A few decapitations, a sword through the neck of a demon bear, severed limbs pumping blood, poison claws that tear a woman to shreds. Zombie-like scene with angry dead in graveyard -- limbs hacked off to stop them. A crow is mutilated; blood is drawn for magic. Arrow pulled out of back. Servant girl lured into shed and murdered by demons. Fights with human bandits; sexual violence threatened. A man talks of taking advantage of a passed-out teen. Talk of whole village destroyed by demons. Another man is usually drinking sake, often to drunkenness. A pipe is smoked.
Parents need to know that Shadow of the Fox is the first in a series by Julie Kagawa , the best-selling author of the Iron Fey series. It's set in a magical version of feudal Japan with creatures out of Japanese folklore, including one of the main characters, Yumeko, who is half-fox, half-human. Yumeko meets a samurai, and together they fight some nasty demons. Expect some gory scenes with decapitations, a sword through the neck of a demon bear, severed limbs that pump blood, and poison claws that tear a woman to shreds.
Angry dead in a graveyard are hacked apart to stop them. Another older character is often drunk on sake, and the drink is served at festivals and parties. Her samurai companion begins to rediscover the humanity that he thought was trained out of him. The monks are guarding a piece of scroll that summons a dragon once every thousand years. This dragon grants one wish -- any wish -- to the one who reads the whole scroll.
Of course, the thousand-year mark is drawing near, many are after the pieces of the scroll, and Master Isao senses that evil is coming.
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This warning couldn't have come soon enough. Demons ransack the monastery, killing everyone inside but Yumeko. She escapes into the forest, where she finds a samurai named Tatsumi, wielder of a demon-slaying, demon-possessed sword. Not knowing how else to save herself, Yumeko teams up with Tatsumi. He's a good ally to have, saving her from demons and witches and blood mages sent after them.
But the alliance could turn deadly if Tatsumi learns her secrets: A glossary would have helped immensely -- Wikipedia does a little -- as many readers are introduced to kitsune foxes , yokai half-human beings , kami spirits , yurei ghosts , and oni big, nasty demons. Foes appear in the woods and small villages during the quest, some with supernatural powers, some just highly skilled swordsmen and archers, and need to be vanquished one after the other.
Author Julie Kagawa's foes are all fascinating, as are her two leads: Yumeko, a naive yokai outside the monastery for the first time, and Tatsumi, a trained assassin who's never known kindness and will become possessed by his demon sword if he shows too much of it. Yumeko is not always a clearly drawn character. One minute she's naive, another she's cunning and resourceful.
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Tatsumi's fear that he's losing himself to the power of the sword is not explored as much as it could be -- too bad, because it's a fantastic idea. Still, there are huge surprises at the end to gear readers up for the next installment.
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Families can talk about Japanese folklore in Shadow of the Fox. How many creatures did you know before?
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Where can you find out more? There's some gore here. Is it easier to read about in a fantasy world with demons and ghosts? Or just as jarring? Will you read the next book in the series? What do you think will happen to the two main characters?
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