ARC Review: SHADOW OF THE FOX (Shadow of the Fox #1) by Julie Kagawa

SHADOW OF THE FOX (Shadow of the Fox #1)
by Julie Kagawa
Date of Publication:  October 2, 2018
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From Goodreads:
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.



BOOK REVIEW:
Rating: 3 of 5 stars

So.. I did not expect the LoTR vibe I got. Or maybe it's more The Hobbit- Yumeko is a lot like Bilbo going on all these adventures. Anyway...

I LOVE the Japanese mythology. The research put into writing it was evident. And although I was terrible remembering some of the terms, I loved every second of it. Julie Kagawa's writing was incredible (as usual).

I'm giving this a 3-star rating though because I did not expect it would take Yumeko and Tatsumi that long to do that thing they were supposed to do that I'm not gonna tell you. I mean I like the mini side adventures but I just wasn't expecting the whole book to be just about those. I wanted... more. I guess I was expecting something different.

BUT WHAT IS THAT ENDING. I'm gonna need book two now please.

I received an e-arc in exchange for an honest review.