Book description
'One of my all time favourite fantasy novels!'
Ellen Oh, author of the Prophecy and Spirit Hunters series
The first book in a brand-new series set in ancient Japan from New York Times bestselling author Julie Kagawa.
Enter a beautiful and perilous land of shapeshifters and samurai, kami and legends,…
Why read it?
1 author picked Shadow of the Fox as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Do you want a crash course on Japanese yokai and spirits like trickster kitsune fox, grandmother badger, flesh-eating ghosts, tree spirits, and oni demons? Hankering to go along on an adventure tale through samurai-laden alternate historical Japan to find a monk who knows the hidden location of a temple or swoon after a YA romance?
So maybe the story’s main plot is a search for a MacGuffin, and the characters are solid archetypes, but the fun in this book is going along for the crazy ride a la Alice in Wonderland as they meet and defeat various folktale dangers.
From K.'s list on fantasy if you’re hungry for romantic kitsune lore.
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