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I received and eARC of this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Every thousand years, a mythical dragon returns to grant a wish to a person who has the right objects to enact the process. It is nearly time for the dragon to return and several people across the world are vying to get key pieces of the prayer scroll to gain the wish. The person who comes out on top will determine the future of the world for the next thousand years.
Yumeko, a part kitsune, or mythical fox, has been trained her entire life by a monastery of monks to hide her kitsune nature and protect something. As it turns out, the monastery has a piece of the scroll and when it is attacked by someone who wants to make a wish, Yumeko is the only survivor and tasked with protecting it. She must travel to another location to find help. On her way, she meets Kage, who is an assassin that was sent to find the scroll piece at Yumeko’s monastery. Hiding the fact that she knows the location of the scroll pieces, Yumeko uses Kage to help her get to the next location in her quest.

This read like a manga. However, I found it difficult to follow and boring. It would have worked better as an episodic manga, than a novel.

etourtelot's review against another edition

4.0

I was not expecting to love this as much as I did, but meeting all the different kinds of yokai along the quest was fun as hell. 10/10 recommend

cindeereads's review against another edition

5.0

I loved this book so much books about Japanese mythology never disappoint me there was nothing I disliked about this book at all. I loved all of the characters especially Yumeko and Tatsumi they were both very complex characters that were very interesting to read about. What I really liked about Yumeko was her kind and giving yet mischievous nature I really liked that she basically taught Tatsumi what it is like to feel I really felt they were getting a bit closer. What I liked about Tatsumi was despite his cold and unfeeling nature he is capable and much more than what was beat into him I really liked reading from his point of view. I loved the plot it started by telling of a mischievous half fox girl and then lead into tragedy with Yumeko meeting Tatsumi and the journey to get to a certain place beginning. I really loved how the story progressed to one mini story to the next saving people one time and doing other things I really loved this book I will read the whole trilogy soon. So overall this is a really good book will be continuing the trilogy soon.

womanon's review against another edition

5.0

This was such an amazing story! It had me hookes from the very first page 😍

dreadawn1988's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

This was a reread for me so that I could finish the series. Oh my God I loved this book even more for the second read. I love the characters and cannot wait to see where they'll go next. I liked the plot of the story as well as the vibes I got while reading Shadow of the Fox.