A review by ajparmentier
The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow by Akihiro Yamada, 小野不由美, 山田章博, Fuyumi Ono, Alexander O. Smith, Elye J. Alexander

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 Honestly I think the journey Yoko goes on through this book is amazing. It wasn't rushed at all, and it was a pleasure to see the steady growth. At the beginning she kind of frustrated me, and I wasn't sure if this was going to be the type of story I like, but I loved the themes and the tone of it all. It was such a slow build and the drip of information is slow, so it felt truly rewarding to get to each bit of revelation or character growth, and see how things tied together at the end.