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My Review:Title: Red Winter (Red Winter Trilogy, #1)
Author: Annette Marie
Series: Red Winter Trilogy #1
Published by: Indie
Release Date: October 21, 2016
Format: Kindle Book
Pages: 348
Genres: Mythology, Romance, Action and Adventure
Reading Challenges: CC's Goodreads Reading Challenge
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My rating:
Blurb:Emi has spent her entire life hiding from the creatures that hunt her. The savage earth spirits are determined to kill her before she can become the living host of a goddess, so she stays hidden—until the day she saves the life of one of her hunters.
Shiro isn't the harmless fox spirit she thought he was. He's mysterious, cunning, unpredictable...and now hers to command. He's sworn to pay his debt to her, but he doesn't know who she is. If he finds out, he'll kill her.
But she can't send him away—not yet. Her future isn't what she thought. The lies surrounding her fate have begun to unravel, and she needs answers before time runs out—answers that lie in the spirit realm. Shiro can take her there...if she dares to trust him.
And only then will she find out how deep the gods' treachery runs.
Red Winter includes 10 full-page illustrations by award-winning artist Brittany Jackson.
I’m not very familiar with japanese mythology so this was pretty new to me. The title, cover art and blurb really pulled my attention in. The story was so rich and descriptive and filled with many traditions that were explained in great detail. The emotional bonds the characters develop so intense and serious yet playful and fun. It started out a bit slow due to the world building but once you got past that, the story picked up and the last half flew by.
The world building was fricking awesome, and there were pictures to help with some of the more harder to describe parts. The suspense was steady and the pacing was as well. I enjoyed the back story to all the myths and the action was rough, violent and intense. I just loved this book so much. They are pretty deep and involved so you can’t really read anything else while in this world.
I’m absolutely going to read the next one but I need to emotionally prepare myself for it.
This one’s definitely going on my list!